Video card and RAM (on Windows 7 32Bit)

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dem12344

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Hi everyone, I used to have an integrated video card and now I just upgraded to a Geforce 6200. I have 4 GB of and before the video card upgrade 3.5 GB of RAM was usable and now after upgrade only 2.23 GB is usable. What can I do to fix this? Thank you
 

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The thing you can do to fix it is install a 64bit version of Windows.

32bit is limited to around what you had before (3.5GB) now you have installed a graphics card which has 1GB of memory it's taken that off the total amount you can use on the 32bit operating system.

Paul.
 

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I can't install 64bit because I have Pentium 4 HT. Is there anything else I can do?
 

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Short of a video card with less memory on it, no.

Edit. There is one thing you can do, and would be to run with only 3 GB of ram installed. That way you would actually have more available than you do now, and it keeps it under the 4 GB limit. Not ideal, but something to think about.
 

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Ok, thank you.
 

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I just removed 1GB and it still says 2.23GB available out of 3GB.
 

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What are you looking at that gives you that ODD 2.23GB available? The OS is by default using a fair amount.

You disabled the on-board video in the BIOS?

I would put the other stick back in, it will use what it can and having too much is not a performance hit.

Hit CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to bring up task manager and put it on the Performance tab to see what is really in use for CPU and RAM.
 

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Under system is says 4GB (2.23 available) and there's no way to disable integrated video card in the BIOS so I just disabled it in device manager.
 

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dem12344 said:
Under system is says 4GB (2.23 available) and there's no way to disable integrated video card in the BIOS so I just disabled it in device manager.
Click to expand...

Please update your specs using this

:ar: Update your System Specs

Then we can help you with your BIOS settings
 

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OP, run Task Manager and attach a screen shot of your Performance Tab, please.

We need your system specs, this doesn't smell right, at all.
 

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Self Built Custom
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Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
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AMD FX-8350 CPU v1.15 (or 1.0F) BIOS was required!
Motherboard
MSI 890FXA-GD70
Memory
8G CAS-7 G-Skill DDR3 @1333 (2 fours) [mobo nonOC max rec'd]
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD 7950 [3 gigs of GDDR5] MSI Twin Frozr model
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio (onboard mobo, ALC-889 chip)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 WS LED Monitors: One LG One Viewsonic
Screen Resolution
1920 by 1080
Hard Drives
SSD for OS: Samsung 840 Pro
SSD for VM and utilities: Adata SX900
7200 RPM SATA HDs for the rest: Hitachi and Seagate
PSU
Corsair TX850 - 850W max, in service since August 2010.
Case
Thermaltake Armor A90
Cooling
Thermaltake Spin Q CPU Cooler, in service since August 2010
Keyboard
Logitech G11
Mouse
Logitech M310 Wireless
Internet Speed
100 Megabit broadband supposedly upgraded from 50 (Cable)
Antivirus
Bitdefender Internet Security 2014 suite
Browser
Pale Moon 64-bit main, also IceDragon, Opera, and Maxthon.
Other Info
CompTIA A+ certified (220-800 series) in July 2013.
Sorry for the late response. I just updated my system specs in my profile.
 

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IBM
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Windows 7 32 Bit
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Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
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Intel D865GKD
Memory
4GB
Sound Card
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
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