4Gb RAM 'limit'

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I've decided to treat my main box to some new RAM and I want to max it out at 4GB which is as much as the mobo will take.

In the process of researching various suppliers and costs etc I came across some tech sites that said 4GB (including the pagefile) was the physical limit of RAM that XP could address.

Thinking ahead to Vista (or indeed dual boot with a Linux distro) is it worth me sticking the maximum in and then optimising the pagefile settings etc?

 

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you can never have too much RAM.

 

What he said!

 

Here's the reason for the 4Gb limit - just a FYI, really:

Memory Support and Windows Operating Systems

 

Good link Jak

One book i read compared RAM to butter on a jacket potato. "the more you have the better it will taste"
Didn't mention chilly, beans, cheese or spaghetti though