tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post910075228420714757..comments2023-09-02T07:51:39.805-07:00Comments on Traveling Tech Guy Blog: Vista SP1 Test DriveTraveling Tech Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01547838190628135925noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-10397019073227881832008-07-02T12:49:00.000-07:002008-07-02T12:49:00.000-07:00I have 5.9 score in win vista sp1 and i don't have...I have 5.9 score in win vista sp1 and i don't have a supercomputer. i have a q6600, 4GB ram and ati radeon 3870x2....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-11914297101994458572008-06-15T15:42:00.000-07:002008-06-15T15:42:00.000-07:00i have a compaq computer and only read 2.685 gb of...i have a compaq computer and only read 2.685 gb of ram when i have 4 gb, i don't understand beacuse my laptop have a presario v6000 board and it's the same as a pavilion dv 6000, but the pavilion read 3.3gb<BR/><BR/>sorry, my english no it's so goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-39294626585110464532008-04-28T19:58:00.000-07:002008-04-28T19:58:00.000-07:00read up: 32bit OSs use PAE to address more than 4G...read up: 32bit OSs use PAE to address more than 4GB of ram. PAE is a 36-bit physical addressing mode Introduced by Intel starting with the Intel Pentium Pro processor.<BR/><BR/>http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/pae_os.mspx<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_ExtensionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-59782554142945276432008-04-02T03:10:00.000-07:002008-04-02T03:10:00.000-07:00@Anonymous: I've got to correct you there. Windows...@Anonymous: I've got to correct you there. Windows DOES use the so called 500 GB, but this is a notation misunderstanding.<BR/>Like many HDD manufacturers like to advertise with the biggest number (ofcourse) but when you right click on your HDD in Windows and click properties you will see that Windows uses ALL the bytes available on your HDD but your HDD is 500 GB as it is 465 GiB (just like Linux uses the notation)<BR/>Your HDD has 500.000.000.000 bytes or (/1024) 488281250 kilobytes or 476837,158203125 megabytes or 465,6612873077392578125 gigabytes.<BR/>Windows should alter it's notation to GiB to be correct. But from my understanding that's something the HDD manufacturers misused.<BR/><BR/>More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte<BR/><BR/>So don't tell windows doesn't address all your hdd because it does!<BR/><BR/>What the memory stands for, I stand corrected by Zach. As he is right with software hacks you can alter your OS memory tables, to support more memory. Just as Linux does. Although this won't improve your performance as using an 64 bit OS as your hardware will then use the processors 64 bit instructions to use the memory.<BR/><BR/>@Anonymous: You really should install SP1 as it has many improvements.<BR/>And I run both Windows Vista SP1 and Ubuntu Linux, they both got their up and downs, as every OS has... Everyone needs to make up for themeselves what they like most. You like Linux most, I like Windows most, so what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-55234099757649061402008-04-02T02:48:00.000-07:002008-04-02T02:48:00.000-07:00Or you can just use Linux, as this addresses all y...Or you can just use Linux, as this addresses all your ram, and all your hdd space. im running 4 500gb sata, and windows says theyre worth 465gb each. er, no, windows. whereas linux shows the full 500gb. im also on 8gb ram, so had to install 64bit vista. whereas, linux will show this anyhow. havent installed the sp1, cus i dont want the hassle, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-10883080503173979682008-03-25T10:00:00.000-07:002008-03-25T10:00:00.000-07:00@roadrunnerYou are technically correct, but with 3...@roadrunner<BR/>You are technically correct, but with 32-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, up to 2TB of memory can be addressed. I'm no expert on how it works, but my understanding is that it creates a larger address register by using some of the existing RAM. My understanding is the Vista Business and Ultimate were originally slated to come with this ability but saw it removed due to technical reasons. I'm happy to see that they are at least moving toward adding that functionality.Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701716003862807697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-28369569763249486582008-03-19T02:15:00.000-07:002008-03-19T02:15:00.000-07:00A 32 bit operating system just CANT allocate more ...A 32 bit operating system just CANT allocate more then 3,x GB of memory. That's why they came up with 64 bit systems to overcome this limitation to 32 bit addresses.<BR/>You can find more information on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64<BR/><BR/>So as Vista might show that you've got 4 GB of memory, you won't be able to use it :)<BR/>So move to a 64 bit OS if you really need that much of memory ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-37138492382239892612007-12-09T09:22:00.000-08:002007-12-09T09:22:00.000-08:00You need to read all the way through :)While the c...You need to read all the way through :)<BR/><BR/>While the computer properties screen shows 4GB, the rest of the system still sees 3.3GB. And lossing almost a full GB is critical in Vista *try runnig Visual Studio 2008).<BR/><BR/>And I'd be glad to run a 64bit OS, but it's hard enough to find drivers for regular Vista. If I switch to 64, I can say goodbye to my printer, webcam and gamepad :)Traveling Tech Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547838190628135925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13417295.post-34896413441703739082007-12-09T06:03:00.000-08:002007-12-09T06:03:00.000-08:00Finally they fixed the 4GB RAM issue on the 32bit ...Finally they fixed the 4GB RAM issue on the 32bit OS! When Vista came out and I saw that it couldn't read all the memory on my desktop, I decided to switch to the 64bit version so I can fully take advantage of the RAM I purchased. I was lucky that I found 64bit drivers for all the hardware I had.Damian Rochmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393149725129491617noreply@blogger.com