Can Win98 recoginze more than 128MB RAM?

Blitz · Post by **Blitz** » Thu May 04, 2000 6:19 pm

Ok, I've heard rumours from my Canadian friends that Win98 can't recognize more than 128MB of Ram.....Most of you will think this is a stupid question, as I think Win98 can recognize more than 128, but is it true? Also, if it can't recognize more than 128, will Windows Millenium be able to?

Fixxer · Post by **Fixxer** » Thu May 04, 2000 6:44 pm

I can't remember the exact figure but its over a gig. Anything over 128 and you start to get deminishing returns but if you can afford it, put it in.

Coppermine · Post by **Coppermine** » Thu May 04, 2000 7:55 pm

98 can see more than 128MB of RAM and it can use it pretty well too. I have 256MB myself in my main comp with an Athlon 550. While Windows itself may not make full use of the RAM other programs certainly will Photoshop etc. With 256M i can easily burn 2CDs at the same time and do other stuff except maybe play games. But hey games can wait

I'd say 512MB is the most you'll ever need. Even Win2k Advanced Server says 256MB is the minimum. With 512M you can handle mostly anything.

Hell_Yes · Post by **Hell_Yes** » Thu May 04, 2000 11:58 pm

Yeah... I have 192M in my machine.. I find it funny as Hell that virtual memory is still required with that much ram under win98.

david

Blitz · Post by **Blitz** » Fri May 05, 2000 8:05 pm

No, No, No, Loachduke. I myself live in Canada (London, Ontario). I just stated that....to let ppl know Im from Canada. Sure, I think there are a lot of dumb Canadians, but they're a lot of dumb Americans too. No offense to anyone

Anyway, just had a question about RAM in Win.

LoachDuke · Post by **LoachDuke** » Sat May 06, 2000 12:20 am

Hey!

What are you saying? That Canadians are a bunch of dumb gossip heads?

Tokelat · Post by **Tokelat** » Sat May 06, 2000 2:12 am

Hey Blitz
If you are using a MB with a TX or VX (pentium class, but not pentium II or III) chipset, then you should not go over 64MB.
You might want to look at the article at
htp://www.winmag.com/fixes/txchips.htm
It covers the problem of slowing down the complet computer with more than 64MB. If your pentium II or III you shouldn't have any problems using whatever your MB supports.

Coppermine · Post by **Coppermine** » Sat May 06, 2000 2:45 am

Tokelat is talking about the caching problems on the older chipsets. Those chipsets couldn't cache more than 64MB of RAM so having more actually slowed it down in some cases. None of the PII chipsets have that problem.

chacmool · Post by **chacmool** » Sun May 07, 2000 9:12 am

I run WIN98SE & have 384MB...no problems with windows.

Griffon247 · Post by **Griffon247** » Mon May 15, 2000 10:02 am

I am running Win98 w/192Mb with no problems and infact increased speed when I added from 128 as evidenced by a MUCH faster SETI processing time

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