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Sword doesn’t know what ram does and how it works, what a moron.
nah doa, you’re the sheep expert around here
Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP and Windows® Vista™. For Windows® XP 64-bit and Windows® Vista™ 64-bit with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
This sounds like a school home work question from the GCSE computer course.Anyway with old operating systems like windows 95/98 and NT, the o/s would detect what kind of computer you had and how much ram.
Then the o/s would reserve 25% of the system resources for its own use until the system max out.
Eg.
On a P3 with 256 MB ram, the o/s would keep 64 MB for its own use.
On a P4 with 1000 MB ram (1gb) it would use 250 MB but the o/s max is about 128 MB so would reach its max performance level.
So the computer would feel faster to the user.
With windows xp there is the same kind of system, it detects what you have and adjusts.
With windows xp /vista 64 bit o/s, they have assume this is not necessary and the o/s is set to grab all it needs from day one. Which makes the computer seem slow if the system is underpowered.
Yes i have the all singing dancing amd dual core with 3 gig of ram and yes it will not run with a true 4 gig.Yes my M/B can take 8 gig of ram also the performance is truly chronic as dual core is made to run 64 bit progs not 32.
You can make some difference by adding a processor with a high L2cache.And the simple answer to your question is no much.
Is it worth doing no, it’s a waste of time right now. Most software developers are using quad core computers with 4 gb of ram. Most of the new programs coming outing in the next 2 years will be design for to operate on those computers.
The reason why your computer feels slow, is a simple one, most of the programs you are running are not design for dual core but single, so you are only using one of the chips, not both.
So if you have an Intel duel core processor (2.40 GHz) you are only running at 2.4 GHz not 2.4 x 2.
Check this link
http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/crn/comment/2137545/faster-speeds-slow-changeOk that statement was made in June 2005, I am not sure if you could have got hold of a dual core computer at that time.
Most of the computer press was making the same kinds of noises at the time.
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@dead_on_arrvial wrote:
Sword doesn’t know what ram does and how it works, what a moron.
Very flattering, go back to school gay boy
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