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[Virtual]

Here is mine
http://i57.photobuck...eenshot-1-1.png

[Acheron]

This is me
http://i241.photobuc...sed/gamiete.jpg

(yes,i do realize this is vista and i am very sorry for it but it was preinstalled in the laptop so i thought to keep it)
I would also like to point out the memory level...

[TcM]

Hehe are you hiding something behind the task manager ?? :p

When you bought the laptop he didn't give you the CD?

[Acheron]

Nop,just wanted to show my memory usage before i go to 4Gb.
The OS was booted on the hard drive,when i want to make a full recover of the system i do it through windows.
I am gonna remove it anyway coz i need 64bit to use 4Gb of ram.

[TcM]

And why is that? You have an AMD?

[TkTech]

Although 32bit computers can technicly address up to 4gb, it can never really use that much because of device memory, like your 512mb of video memory, that get a virtual address space in place of your physical memory.

|---------------------------------|
| Physical Memory, 4gb |
|---------------------------------|

|---------------------|
| Video Memory, 64mb |
|---------------------|

Even though its physicly in anonther device, windows needs a place within that 4gb address space to do anything with it.

|---------------------------------||------------------------|
| Physical Memory, 3.512gb || Video Memory, 512mb |
|---------------------------------||------------------------|

So windows can address up to 4gb, INCLUDING the combined memory of any device.