Solved Usable RAM

[bigmck]

My usable Ram on my new install looks low to me. What do some of you think and if so, why?

 

[kegobeer]

What is sharing the RAM? Have you examined your BIOS to see what's going on?

 

[bigmck]

what do I look for to tell what is sharing Ram?

 

[kado897]

It would be helpful if you could post a shot of the memory tab in resource monitor. Just type resource in the search box and select it.

 

[ganjiry]

32bit windows only shows 2.98GB. if u were running 64bit u could use more

 

[bigmck]

It would be helpful if you could post a shot of the memory tab in resource monitor. Just type resource in the search box and select it.

Looks like the hardware reserved is eating it up. I am using a video card and a sound card. I tried the integrated for both and the quality was not as good. Do you think the video and sound cards are where the extra ram is going? I am using the same cards that I had in my previous setup and had 3.25 usable Ram. That is what prompted me to ask about it.

 

[kado897]

Yes. I think that says it all. You have a GB reserved for hardware. That seems a bit high. Don't really know how to go about determining what is using it but at a guess it may be your video card.

 

[bigmck]

Yes. I think that says it all. You have a GB reserved for hardware. That seems a bit high. Don't really know how to go about determining what is using it but at a guess it may be your video card.

Thanks very much of your assistance. Still I am happy with the way the PC is performing, so that is all that matters.

 

[kado897]

That's all that matters really.