[TAminimat]

I have a crappy HP Dv7 3007-TX or something like that. If I remember it has:

Quad core i7 that runs like it is an i-3000
4GB RAM that is useless as 32 bit only uses 2GB
17.4inch screen
Win7
Some nVidia GPU

It is so terrible :'( trying to save up for a better rig, will probably have the money in four years.

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by TAminimat

I have a crappy HP Dv7 3007-TX or something like that. If I remember it has:

Quad core i7 that runs like it is an i-3000
4GB RAM that is useless as 32 bit only uses 2GB
17.4inch screen
Win7
Some nVidia GPU

It is so terrible :'( trying to save up for a better rig, will probably have the money in four years.

32bit OSes do not only use 2GB of ram... :/
It can address up to 2^32 Bytes (4,294,967,296) which is exactly 4GB. It's just that since most computers also have a graphics card with memory that is addressed the same way, you will only see your 4GB minus whatever the graphics used.

I know that SP3 of XP actuallly changed the way windows adresses memory so it will actually see the entire 4GB, so I assume this found its way into Win7 too.

My own rig:
AMDx6 1050T CPU.
ATI 5870 GPU.
4GB Ram
120GB SSD.
Fractal Design Define R3 case.

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by TAminimat

I have a crappy HP Dv7 3007-TX or something like that. If I remember it has:

Quad core i7 that runs like it is an i-3000
4GB RAM that is useless as 32 bit only uses 2GB
17.4inch screen
Win7
Some nVidia GPU

It is so terrible :'( trying to save up for a better rig, will probably have the money in four years.

I have the same laptop!.. woop... but yeah, reinstall windows to 64 bit bro.. ;-)