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July 23rd 08, 04:54 PM
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8 gig of ram upgrade?
I've just bought a new pc with 8 gig of ram and 32bit vista(i swear i ordered
64 bit but hey),can i upgrade to 64 bit or do i need a whole new operating system.Also my pc says that i only have 1700mb of ram is this right? 
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July 23rd 08, 05:08 PM
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8 gig of ram upgrade?
TRUEBRIT;784205 Wrote: ...i need a whole new operating system... Unfortunately this is the case TRUEBRIT;784205 Wrote: ...Also my pc says that i only have 1700mb of ram is this right? Depends, how much VRAM is on your videocard[s]? -- Brian the King
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July 23rd 08, 06:37 PM
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8 gig of ram upgrade?
=?Utf-8?B?VFJVRUJSSVQ=?= wrote in
: I've just bought a new pc with 8 gig of ram and 32bit vista(i swear i ordered 64 bit but hey),can i upgrade to 64 bit or do i need a whole new operating system.Also my pc says that i only have 1700mb of ram is this right? If you bought retail version of Vista you can order a 64bit version for just the cost of shipping, if you bought OEM version then you have to buy 64bit version seperately. With 8GB of ram you definately want the 64bit version. 32bit OS can only address 4GB total and all your hardware needs memory address space too so what it uses get's subtracted from the 4GB and you end up with what you see as usable by the OS. No point in having 8GB installed on Vista32 so take out 4GB until you get Vista64. If your copy is OEM version and you are sure you orderd 64bit version then make them send you what you ordered. If it is Retail version then that is ok because you just go here to order 64bit version. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...a/default.mspx
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July 23rd 08, 07:53 PM
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8 gig of ram upgrade?
Thanks James and Brian.
"James McTavish" wrote: =?Utf-8?B?VFJVRUJSSVQ=?= wrote in : I've just bought a new pc with 8 gig of ram and 32bit vista(i swear i ordered 64 bit but hey),can i upgrade to 64 bit or do i need a whole new operating system.Also my pc says that i only have 1700mb of ram is this right? If you bought retail version of Vista you can order a 64bit version for just the cost of shipping, if you bought OEM version then you have to buy 64bit version seperately. With 8GB of ram you definately want the 64bit version. 32bit OS can only address 4GB total and all your hardware needs memory address space too so what it uses get's subtracted from the 4GB and you end up with what you see as usable by the OS. No point in having 8GB installed on Vista32 so take out 4GB until you get Vista64. If your copy is OEM version and you are sure you orderd 64bit version then make them send you what you ordered. If it is Retail version then that is ok because you just go here to order 64bit version. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...a/default.mspx
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