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Offline Boomslang

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Ask Dan: What's with the 3Gb memory barrier?
« on: August 13, 2007, 02:38:52 PM »

You can install at least 4Gb of memory on most motherboards today, but apparently you shouldn't install more than 3Gb if you're not running a 64-bit operating system.

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Re: Ask Dan: What's with the 3Gb memory barrier?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2007, 10:24:48 PM »
That would be correct, thank you very much MS.  Of course that is only correct if you aren't running an Enterprise version of Windows.
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Re: Ask Dan: What's with the 3Gb memory barrier?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2007, 12:57:03 AM »
You could thank Micro$oft for this too: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41577
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Re: Ask Dan: What's with the 3Gb memory barrier?
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2007, 01:40:52 AM »
merf...


I like OpenGL!!!!!!
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Re: Ask Dan: What's with the 3Gb memory barrier?
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2007, 07:16:50 AM »
I heard OpenGL is bad for my health
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Re: Ask Dan: What's with the 3Gb memory barrier?
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2007, 01:41:07 PM »
I'm sorry to hear that. DirectX is bad for my health but it's kinda like global warming I have to deal with it.
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Re: Ask Dan: What's with the 3Gb memory barrier?
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2007, 07:39:21 PM »
It's much better than what we had before with all the different standards out there and the compatibility issues.
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Re: Ask Dan: What's with the 3Gb memory barrier?
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2007, 07:55:23 PM »
I never had issues with OpenGL being incompatible with anything it worked on any card, any system, and any OS (some assembly required  sometimes, but it worked)
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