RAM for Vista

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sirsaechao

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I have Vista Home Premium and wanted to know if I can go to 4 GB? I have 2 Kingston and wanted to also know if I should get the same brand and spec (PC6400) and/or get a new set/different brand (4) 1024 or (2) 2GB?
 
Ideally you should get the same stuff you have know, but getting a different brand shouldn't matter. Since you already have 2GB you might as well get 2 more 1GB sticks, you can go out and buy 2x2GB if you want to sell the RAM you have now or have another use for it though.

You can go to 4GB but if you are running 32bit only something around 3GB will be available to windows.
 
Yup he has 32bit! Read his signature. That means you should just get 1 more stick of 1gb b/c 32bit will only read a little over 3gb. Or you could just buy a couple of sticks of really fast ram!!
 
Why does the 32-Bit Vista only reconize 3GB vs 4GB even if I throw 2 more 1GB into my computer? Also...don't I need 2 sticks since it is DDR2? Or can I run 3 1GB sticks and leave the 4th slot open?
 
B/c it can only process that much. Do you have the stock OEM version of home premium? If so then your screwed if you wanna upgrade to 64bit b/c you have to do a clean install and buy a new disk and then upgrade that version with the 64bit disk.
 
No!! Any 32it OS can only read 3gb of ram. You will need a 64bit OS in order to run 4gb+ of ram. All that money you spent on that pc and you dont even have 64bit os. That sucks!! Your only using about half your processor and memory that you could use!!
 
I can get the 64-Bit Vista anytime. I just didn't think I needed 64-Bit right now. SO my only option is to get 2 512's to make it 3GB? Or can I just add another 1 GB and leave the 4th slot open? Oh how do I know if I have the OEM version 32-Bit? My computer was purchased from iBUYPOWER.com.
 
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Do you have the OEM (original) version or did you go out and buy the disk? If you have OEM then you cant!! If your pc came with the full disk or you bought it then you can.
 
g25racer said:
Do you have the OEM (original) version or did you go out and buy the disk? If you have OEM then you cant!! If your pc came with the full disk or you bought it then you can.
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I bought the computer from iBUYPOWER.com. So I don't know if I have a OEM or full. How can I tell?
 
That means it's OEM!!! That means you have to go out and buy the real disk which you can only get in 32bit, install it then call microsoft or go to the webiste and order the 64bit disk and install that. You might as well get Ultimate if your going to do that.
 
Don't worry about my getting the 64-Bit. It won't cost me jack for it. I just wanted to know if I can get 4 GB in my current. If I can't (which I can't) then I will just step to 64-Bit and get the 4GB then. Thanks.
 
Torrent? I hope you get busted with a cracked OS!! You still have to reformat!! You cant upgrade an OEM version of Vista with another version even if its a cracked version.
 
As far as I know, 32-bit will recognize a total of 4GB but, it includes your video card's VRAM as well. In other words, if you get 2GB more of RAM, you will have a total of 4GB RAM but since your video card is already using 512MB, Vista 32-bit will only recognize 3.5GB of RAM.
 
As far as I know, 32-bit will recognize a total of 4GB but, it includes your video card's VRAM as well. In other words, if you get 2GB more of RAM, you will have a total of 4GB RAM but since your video card is already using 512MB, Vista 32-bit will only recognize 3.5GB of RAM.
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Vista 32bit has an arbitrary limit of 3.25GB. 32bit OSes have 4GB of address space but the amount used for RAM varies.
 
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