Newbie RAM question

Dan-NZ · 28-December-05, 04:25 AM

Hey everbody. I'm a total newbie and have got a RAM question:

My PC has:

AMD Processor + Fan Sempron 2500
Foxconn Motherboard Winfast all in one 3 PCI 8x AGP
DDR Ram 512mb 400mhz

( I copied this of my invoice)

and my Ram is saying it is 1.75GHZ and 480MB of Ram.
Is this because im using up alot of space or something or is there something worng?
Cheers,
Dan

username#132 · 28-December-05, 04:38 AM

You are wondering about the discrepancy between 480 Mb of RAM versus the 512 you were told you'd be getting in your system?
The "missing" 32 Mb of RAM is in-fact being used by your on-board graphics card and as such is not available for use by other applications. If however, you bought a graphics card and put it in your computer, it would come with its own memory built in and these 32 Mb would be freed to give 512 Mb available for system use.

Dan-NZ · 28-December-05, 04:39 AM

Sweet as that is solved. im sick of my junky graphics card so I was going to chuck it out as soon as I can afford a new one.
cheers,
Dan

Error404 · 28-December-05, 11:10 AM

If it's onboard video card, you can't pull it out. Well you could, but I wouldn't

If you get a AGP card, you will probably have to disable the onboard video card in the BIOS.

username#132 · 29-December-05, 09:38 AM

Yeah. When you've got the money for a new graphics card, come back and we'll walk you through buying the right one and then fitting it in to your computer etc.

28-December-05, 04:25 AM		#1 (permalink)
Dan-NZ Techie From New Zealand	Newbie RAM question Hey everbody. I'm a total newbie and have got a RAM question: My PC has: AMD Processor + Fan Sempron 2500 Foxconn Motherboard Winfast all in one 3 PCI 8x AGP DDR Ram 512mb 400mhz ( I copied this of my invoice) and my Ram is saying it is 1.75GHZ and 480MB of Ram. Is this because im using up alot of space or something or is there something worng? Cheers, Dan

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28-December-05, 04:38 AM		#2 (permalink)
username#132 Apex Master Tech Apprentice	You are wondering about the discrepancy between 480 Mb of RAM versus the 512 you were told you'd be getting in your system? The "missing" 32 Mb of RAM is in-fact being used by your on-board graphics card and as such is not available for use by other applications. If however, you bought a graphics card and put it in your computer, it would come with its own memory built in and these 32 Mb would be freed to give 512 Mb available for system use.

28-December-05, 04:39 AM		#3 (permalink)
Dan-NZ Techie From New Zealand	Sweet as that is solved. im sick of my junky graphics card so I was going to chuck it out as soon as I can afford a new one. cheers, Dan

28-December-05, 11:10 AM		#4 (permalink)
Error404 Apex Advanced Techie	If it's onboard video card, you can't pull it out. Well you could, but I wouldn't If you get a AGP card, you will probably have to disable the onboard video card in the BIOS.

29-December-05, 09:38 AM		#5 (permalink)
username#132 Apex Master Tech Apprentice	Yeah. When you've got the money for a new graphics card, come back and we'll walk you through buying the right one and then fitting it in to your computer etc.