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    Have just upgraded my RAM on my desktop another 2 GB. It was already 2 GB so i added another 2 GB stick in there.
    Was a bit concerned to see that on the computer properties only 3.25 GB of it was usable.
    Whats the reaosn for this?

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    32 bit OS limited to 4GB RAM
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    Agreed that the reason for your issue is that a 32 bit operating system can only handle up to 3.5GBs of RAM, if you intend to use more than that you'll need a 64 bit operating system. Before you may choose to do that you'd need to also make sure that your processor is 64 bit compatible, which I believe it is.
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    Originally Posted by lowellriggsiam View Post
    Agreed that the reason for your issue is that a 32bit operating system cad handle up to 3.5GBs of RAM, if you intend to use more than that you'll need a 64 bit operating system. Before you may choose to do that you'd need to also make sure that your processor is 64 bit compatible, which I believe it is.
    Processor probably is. Drivers and apps maybe not.
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    Hi fellas,

    Thats fantastic!

    Gr8 answers!

    Thank u very much
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    Wouldi need a certain graphics card for 64bit or wouldi just need to buy a 64 bit edition of either windows xp or windows 7 and that would be it?
    How can you tell if a computer will work with 64Bit, is it how fast it is in ghz?

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    Originally Posted by SE14man View Post
    Wouldi need a certain graphics card for 64bit or wouldi just need to buy a 64 bit edition of either windows xp or windows 7 and that would be it?
    How can you tell if a computer will work with 64Bit, is it how fast it is in ghz?

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    You don't need a special graphics card. You just need a 64 bit version of Windows.

    You have to look up your CPU to see what it's capable of. In your case your processor can do 64 bits. Honestly, I don't know if Intel and AMD even make 32 bit only processors any more. If they make them at all, I would guess that they are only for laptops.
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    Fantastic,

    Thanks for your helpful info.
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