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Jun 18, 2005, 12:54 PM // 12:54
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kingston, PA
Guild: Xcalibur Knights
Profession: N/E
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RAM questions??? Newb Help!!
Ok i thought i knew some stuff about adding RAM to my PC's but today I am confused. Ok my PC has 512 MB ram BUT when you look in the system/performance files it says i only have 384. What is up with that!!!??? So then I took out the 2 256 cards that were in the machine and installed one of my 2 new 512 cards and it still shows i only have 384???!!!!! So now why does this happen and why when i put in all the cards i have which is 2x256 and 2x512 cards does it show i have 1.37 mb of ram when i should have 1.536 mb of ram? 512 times 3 is 1536 right????
Now be gently if i have made a total A$$ out of myself here ok?  I just thought the numbers all add up correctly and show what RAM you have, at least I thought that is how it used to work with the old 8 16 32 and 64 cards!Anyway be gently and help me figure this out!!! And yes the cards are the right ones i needed to get 512MB 333MHz DDR. (as far as what the guy from the geek squad told me at Best Buy!!)
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Jun 18, 2005, 01:03 PM // 13:03
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Guild: Semper Reformanda [SeRe]
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Does your system share RAM with the video card? I know my old system at home did this so it showed 448mb installed. But 64mb was shared with the video card.
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Jun 18, 2005, 01:09 PM // 13:09
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kingston, PA
Guild: Xcalibur Knights
Profession: N/E
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how do i find that out??
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Jun 18, 2005, 02:00 PM // 14:00
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Underworld Spelunker
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Quote:
dxdiag click on the display tab and see what it says your graphics are |
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Jun 18, 2005, 02:12 PM // 14:12
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kingston, PA
Guild: Xcalibur Knights
Profession: N/E
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well I think it is straightened out now. After installing all cards and then my new graphics card i now have 1.50 GB of RAM so that is closer to what i thought i shopuld have. I also did what you told me to do Lovitar and it i showed i had 1.534 GB of RAM so it seems better to me now. Sp my guess is the old card used some of the RAM like GraceAlone said.
Thanks guys. I can Def. tell the difference in performance already. Even the Guild Wars wallpaper looks different. I never noticed the detail in the words Guild Wars before now!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! |
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Jun 18, 2005, 02:15 PM // 14:15
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Middle-Age-Man
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lansing, Mi
Profession: W/Mo
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Sitruc Adus,
Isn't that a great feeling to NOW have ample resources for your computer? A good video card and lots of ram is a WONDERFUL thing. |
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Jun 18, 2005, 05:08 PM // 17:08
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kingston, PA
Guild: Xcalibur Knights
Profession: N/E
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it is SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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