F fith91 New Member Aug 20, 2007 #1 I put in two 512mb RAM sticks and when i go to look at my system specs, it only shows my computer having 896mb. Why isnt it showing me having 1g? Last edited: Aug 20, 2007
I put in two 512mb RAM sticks and when i go to look at my system specs, it only shows my computer having 896mb. Why isnt it showing me having 1g?
S Schonza Member Aug 20, 2007 #2 More than likely it is because you have an onboard graphics card. They use shared RAM, so it'll use the a portion of the 1GB of memory you have. What are the rest of your computer's specs?
More than likely it is because you have an onboard graphics card. They use shared RAM, so it'll use the a portion of the 1GB of memory you have. What are the rest of your computer's specs?
S systek banned Aug 20, 2007 #4 jonny-chip said: yeah makes sense Click to expand... onboard video adapters ALWAYS use system memory. Get an expansion card to remedy this, unless you are ok with the performance...
jonny-chip said: yeah makes sense Click to expand... onboard video adapters ALWAYS use system memory. Get an expansion card to remedy this, unless you are ok with the performance...
