448/512

Robert_R · 04-03-2007, 11:06 AM

My sons' computer shows that he has 448 MB of RAM when we purchased 512MB.

Can/Should/How I correct this?

Thanks!!

**Doby** · 04-03-2007, 11:19 AM

Thats probly correct because his video card is sharing 64mb of the main ram

512-64=448 Nothing to worry about

**TheMatt** · 04-03-2007, 04:15 PM

Hi Robert,

Doby is correct. If your son buys a dedicated card, it won't use the system RAM. If it is a laptop, the shared video RAM can probably be reduced to 32 MB in the BIOS.

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Robert_R Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 165 OS: Windows XP Professional	448/512 My sons' computer shows that he has 448 MB of RAM when we purchased 512MB. Can/Should/How I correct this? Thanks!!

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Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 7,072 OS: XP sp2/ Vista	Re: 448/512 Thats probly correct because his video card is sharing 64mb of the main ram 512-64=448 Nothing to worry about __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

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