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    limit on RAM in 5797

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by grayman19, Jun 15, 2009.

  1. grayman19

    grayman19 Notebook Enthusiast

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    how does the limit on the 5797's RAM work? Am I right to assume that if I were to buy myself 8 GB of RAM off of newegg and install it myself, that it would only use 6.8 GB of it due to some mystical limit in the motherboard?
     
    grayman19, Jun 15, 2009
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    chipset limitations are a reality.

    why would one need more than 4GB.... since games would not even utilize that much.

    only those working with huge caches from super high resolution (15 megapixel+) pictures, textures, etc..... would require 4GB+ of RAM.
     
    Gophn, Jun 15, 2009
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