Hi all, I just upgraded my PC with 2x2GB sticks of Corsair ram, and when I check my system properties in the Control Panel it says I only have 3gb of RAM. I'm running Athlon X64 5400 dual core processors @2.81Ghz on a Gigabyte MB, Windows XP SP2. I replaced my original 2x512 sticks with the new RAM. When I boot up, the BIOS recognizes 4gb of ram, so maybe this is an issue with Windows? I'm not the most computer-savvy guy in the world, so any help would be appreciated, thanks!
It happens to everyone. I think the 1gb is taken away for the computer to do its stuff with it. But even if its not being used, 3gb is still more than enough.
Windows 7 for example says 4.00GB (3,00GB usable)
XP supports max. 3 gig of RAM.
A 32-bit OS can only reconize 3 MBs of RAM. To address all 4 MB you need to move up to a 64-bit OS.
Your computer can take 4 gb of memory if it's 32 bit system. This includes stuff like your graphics card memory and other various bits of memory in your computer so normally the ram that you can use is around 3,250 mb or so around there.
Necesario Vista o W7.......xp solo coje 3.4
Thanks for the info guys, I'll have to check out the upgrade to Windows 7!
Win7 is not the Nirvana you expect it to be in regards to recognizing 4 gigs of memory. You have to run the 64bit version of Win7 to get 4 gigs. Its a 64 bit/32bit thing, not a win7/XP thing.
Having said that, Win7 64bit is good to go. No real reason to install 32 bit unless you have specific hardware that absolutely will not run in 64bit windows.
64 may be the future but software and drivers are few and far between and cost more. 32 right now is okay if going 64 must run il2 1946 outside of program group
64 may be the future but software and drivers are few and far between and cost more. 32 right now is okay if going 64 must run il2 1946 outside of program group
what does run outside of program group mean, example please
Good day,
After thinking about this for several days, I remembered that a person can use two Operating Systems in the same computer by assigning each to a separate disk partition. This can be very useful when you come across programs that do not run in 64-bit.
As of this topic, the RAM issue is the only potentially major effect on IL-2 across Operating Systems. However, this also depends on the knowledge and skill of the user. Any OS from XP to Win7 can run IL-2, of course, and just fine. So, what we do with what we have is 99% of the challenge, no fault to any OS. This is why we need websites such as AAA to become better informed.
The dedicated RAM of a graphics card [ assigned to that graphic chip(s) ] is far more crucial to simulations like IL-2 than system RAM. The 1 GB of dedicated RAM (DDR) will be satisfactory, but with all the modding stuff now 2GB or more is ideal.
