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    Usable Ram

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sjk09, Jan 21, 2010.

  1. sjk09

    sjk09 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I have 4 gigs of ram installed, and it says that only 2.46 gigs is usable. I understand that there is overlap with the video card, but I don't think the math is correct when the FireGL on the W500 only has 512 mb of memory. Also, shouldn't the amount of usable ram change when I switch to integrated graphics?
     
    sjk09, Jan 21, 2010
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    antskip Notebook Deity

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    If you want more ram available in a 32bit OS, then dump gpu-switching via the bios, and choose the gpu you want to stick with. Alternatively, just move to a 64bit version of your OS.
     
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