I've heard that Vista 32 bit only sees under 4 GB no matter what. Vista 64 can see more but I don't know if there is a limit.
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > So, does anyone know how I can find out if my OS is actually using all > 6gb of ram I put in it? Hardware DEP is enabled. > > I've read tons of links that discuss PAE, and I think it's supposed to > be enabled by default since DEP is on, but I wish there was a readout > somewhere saying exactly what's being used. CP>System reports 6gb, but > Process Explorer>System Info shows Physical Memory (K) Total 3,404,748 > with 1,770,000 available. Task Manager shows (MB) 3324 with 29 free. > Photoshop CS4>System Info shows Built-in memory: 3325 MB Free memory: > 1729 MB Memory available to Photoshop: 1646 MB. > > All of which sounds suspiciously like PAE is not enabled.? Clear as > mud. I suppose I'm just going to have to try forcing PAE and see what > happens. :( > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
