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Can any one explain this

"My feiend is using a Windows xP O.S. & a 2x2gb=4gb RAM but on the DXDIAG it onlt shows 3gb"

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"I have Windows Vista 64 bit & 2 gb RAM, So is it OK if I get another 2 gb RAM, I mean It wouldnt show only 3 gb insted of 4 gb"

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OK... It could be a few things, but the most common thing is...

Your friend either has the 32 bit edition of Windows which can only see ~3GBs of memory, or he has the 64bit edition, but 1GB is reserved for graphics.

If you have the 64bit edition, you should not have a problem seeing the full 4GBs unless again, you have memory reserved for your graphics card.

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