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Originally Posted by KURTZ
a x86 SO reads at maximum 3,5gb not over ...  but there is a question about this, cause someone has said that the OS 'reads' 3,5GB but in realty you can use 4GB (if you have 4 1GB sticks)
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That is partially correct. A 32-bit OS can address 4GiB of memory. Because of memory in graphics cards and other things, the readable amount of RAM is usually in the ballpark of 3-3.5GiB in a 32-bit OS.