visable installed ram in xp pro and windows vista

ok heres what i got maybe someone can shed some light on the subject

windows xp pro 32 bit control panels/system amount of ram shows installed is 2.75 @499mhz

windows vista home prem 32 bit in control panels /system amount of ram showed to be installed is 4 gig

anyone know what is going on here ?

 

Are you sure you're not talking about processor speed here?

 

yup i got screen shots im pretty sure its not processor

correct i was wrong it is showing 499 for the processor speed this is a 2.0 ghz processor why is it showing 499 i'm sorry i misread it

 

power saving features; the clock speed is lowered so that the voltage can be lowered.

look up speedstep or powernow.

 

Vista will show the actual amount of RAM installed even if it cannot used all of it. For example, Vista 32 bit will show 4 gigs of RAM in your case, but in usage it can only use 3.2 gigs or something similar value. Not sure what's going on with XP there.

 

i think i need that program to really work it up to 2.0 then click system and see if it shows the higher processor speed

 

download and run CPU-Z, it shows clockspeed in realtime. Then run something that will require CPU power and it should jump up to 2ghz.

As for your ram, 32 bit OS will not let you have 4GB available for use. 2.75 available sounds like you have a discrete video card too (512MB) in your setup, which has to be shadowed in system ram.

 

sounds like i would have been better off with the xp pro 64 bit,but vista is 32 bit and it shows 4 i guess thats the differenc e between the two one will and one wont

 

I don't know how much cost there is to get Vista 64bit if you already own vista 32bit. Contact MS to find out.

One will and one won't what?

 

according to cpuz and everest its under clocking one will show 4 gig of ram and the other wont idk never seen oen do this b4 thats why it has me wondering

 

Vista is newer and systems with 4GB ram are not unusual.
XP is from 2002, and 4GB systems just weren't common at all back then.
MS just gave Vista ability to show all of installed RAM since SP1, doesn't mean it is usable, I think it was to make the OEM"s who sold systems with 4GB/Vista32 to show the consumer that 4GB is installed. No one said it had to be all usable, i suppose. You are getting what you pay for (4GB), just not able to use it. Same as why our speedometers show high speeds (240km/h) but the governor on the car won't allow past 170km/h (as an example).

 

grrrrrrrr to bad i cant use the 4 gig with xp pro 32 bit i will just have to deal with it like it is i guess unless xp pro 64 bit or xp pro 32bit both retail will show it and use it
thanks for your help goofball much appreciated

 

64bit will need to be used but it also depends on the chipset for your system. If you have an older 945 based setup, 64bit OS won't give you the full 4GB usable as there is a hardware limitation there.

 

the chipset is the amd m780,amd k11

 

No issues there, that's 64bit through and through.

 

actually i mistyped on that this is the chipset

North Bridge AMD RS780M

 

that's still fine.
If you really want and you do manage to get a hold of a Vista/XP 64 bit install, I would suggest making an image of your current OS install before going ahead with 64bit, just in case your apps don't play nice with 64bit (unlikely but possibility is there). This way, you can do a quick restore instead of going through the hassle of another OS install.

 

so 64 bit will show the right amount of ram

im gonna take my time finding one lol at least untill after i get to go back to work anyway