Is GeekSquad right?

teutoniswolf · 07-24-2007, 01:45 PM

Hello, this has been driving me nuts. I want to max out my computer for gaming. I have a DELL XPS 410 with a 2.66 Ghz. Intel Core 2 Duo and 2 gigs or RAM now but i want to max it out to 4 gigs. When I went to BestBuy to ask for prices ans was sent to GeekSquad where they asked what my operating system was and they said that my Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit system would not recognize 4 gigs and would only recognize up to 3. But my computer can max out to 4 and thats what I want to max it out too. Is he right?
Thank you,
Danny

floydfan · 07-24-2007, 04:00 PM

yes, geeksquad is right, i actually loughed out loud as i was typing this cause you don't hear that everyday (geeksquad being right)... i believe with a tweak, you can get up to 3.5gb to be recognized, but 32bit windows will not see the whole four gigs. 2 gigs is enough for the next year or two, after which you could consider upgrading to a 64bit os and getting that 4 gigs.

~~oscaryu1~~ · 07-24-2007, 04:54 PM

Yes. Geeksquad is correct. 32BIT operating systems only recognize 3.25GB of memory. 64 BIT will recognixe 128GB + . You can get an XP 64BIT or Vista 64bit.

07-24-2007, 01:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
teutoniswolf Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: East Coast Posts: 245 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium My System	Is GeekSquad right? Hello, this has been driving me nuts. I want to max out my computer for gaming. I have a DELL XPS 410 with a 2.66 Ghz. Intel Core 2 Duo and 2 gigs or RAM now but i want to max it out to 4 gigs. When I went to BestBuy to ask for prices ans was sent to GeekSquad where they asked what my operating system was and they said that my Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit system would not recognize 4 gigs and would only recognize up to 3. But my computer can max out to 4 and thats what I want to max it out too. Is he right? Thank you, Danny

07-24-2007, 04:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
floydfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 367 OS: xp pro My System	Re: Is GeekSquad right? yes, geeksquad is right, i actually loughed out loud as i was typing this cause you don't hear that everyday (geeksquad being right)... i believe with a tweak, you can get up to 3.5gb to be recognized, but 32bit windows will not see the whole four gigs. 2 gigs is enough for the next year or two, after which you could consider upgrading to a 64bit os and getting that 4 gigs.

07-24-2007, 04:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~oscaryu1~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 102 OS: Windows XP PRO SP2	Re: Is GeekSquad right? Yes. Geeksquad is correct. 32BIT operating systems only recognize 3.25GB of memory. 64 BIT will recognixe 128GB + . You can get an XP 64BIT or Vista 64bit.