Make 32bit OS use more Ram

[Merroc]

That makes me wonder.
Ive got 32bit vista, 4GB ram, Q9550 proc, how much of an improvement can i expect?

[amtct]

That makes me wonder.
Ive got 32bit vista, 4GB ram, Q9550 proc, how much of an improvement can i expect?

You can put more Ram and your 32bit OS will use it.

[xeon_1]

That makes me wonder.
Ive got 32bit vista, 4GB ram, Q9550 proc, how much of an improvement can i expect?

If you modified your X3 exe to use more then 2 gig then you get a bit less stutter and pauses.

[g04tn4d0]

So, have we tried this, yet? What does the System Properties dialog box have to say about the total amount of available RAM? Screenshots, anyone?

[amtct]

So, have we tried this, yet? What does the System Properties dialog box have to say about the total amount of available RAM? Screenshots, anyone?

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12Gb Ram Vista x86 Ultimate sp1.

[g04tn4d0]

So, have we tried this, yet? What does the System Properties dialog box have to say about the total amount of available RAM? Screenshots, anyone?

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12Gb Ram Vista x86 Ultimate sp1.

Nice. Now what about XP guys? Anyone?

[pjknibbs]

Pretty sure PAE won't work on Windows XP--server operating systems only back then. I'm surprised it works in Vista, to be honest with you.

[mad_axeman]

I've had PAE working with x86 XP, although it may have required a service pack or two to do so. It even added the switch itself without me having to do anything.

[pjknibbs]

Well, according to this article, you can enable PAE on Windows XP but it still won't allow you to access more than 4Gb of physical RAM:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pl ... AEdrv.mspx

[Geggo]

Tried the pae switch on xp sp2 32 bit with 16 GB of ram and no joy, still the same old 3.25 GB.

[BugMeister]

Well, according to this article, you can enable PAE on Windows XP but it still won't allow you to access more than 4Gb of physical RAM:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pl ... AEdrv.mspx

according to that MS Tech Doc - it seems I've had mine enabled anyway..

"The PAE kernel can be enabled automatically without the /PAE switch present in the boot entry
if the system has DEP enabled (/NOEXECUTE switch is present) or the system processor supports
hardware-enforced DEP. Presence of the /NOEXECUTE switch on a system with a processor that supports
hardware-enforced DEP implies the /PAE switch. If the system processor is capable of hardware-enforced DEP
and the /NOEXECUTE switch is not present in the boot entry, Windows assumes /NOEXECUTE=optin by default and enables PAE mode."

- I added the NOEXECUTE=OPTIN to the Boot.ini when I found my XPHome 32-bit system wanting
to continue to boot into the Windows7 BETA OS, even after I had removed it and it's partition..

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..the game has been running very smoothly in XPHome with just 2G of RAM - which is spooky..