Max capabilities of 98, 2k, Server 2k, Server 3, XP and XP pro

Snowball · 03-08-2003 09:52PM #1

does anyone know??

I think I am correct in thinking that 98 can only handel 512 and after that it is a unhappy puppy but the rest of them I am unsure.

Creamy Goodness · 03-08-2003 10:14PM

i assume ur talking about ram

i think the limit with 98 is 512 alright

i wouldn't know though i've a 1gb ram ddr400 running in xp pro

dahamsta · 03-08-2003 10:39PM

Windows 98 isn't an unhappy puppy after 512MB, it just pretends it's not there, so sticking more RAM in is a waste of money.

adam

tman · 04-08-2003 12:04AM

xp pussies out if you put more than 3 gigs in afaik (not sure if this only effects he & i've prolly got that number wrong)

sceptre · 04-08-2003 12:48AM

Originally posted by tman
xp pussies out if you put more than 3 gigs in afaik (not sure if this only effects he & i've prolly got that number wrong)

I suspect that if it's anywhere around there, it's 4 gigs
(2^32 = 4294967296bytes). 32 bit addressing and all that.
(at least that's the upper limit beyond which thou shalt not go on a 32bit machine unless I'm talking out of the thing I sit on)

(so with 64 bit hardware and software it'd be "virtually limitless" (that's not a quote - I expect to see it in a Microsoft press release in a year though. The limit will be 16 thousand petabytes or something. Or terabytes - I can't ever remember which is bigger. Something that translates from Greek as "really really monstously massive" - or "limitless" if you work for Microsoft))

plenderj · 04-08-2003 08:07AM

You can go up to 32GB of RAM if I remember correctly using a Xeon CPU.
But if you want up to TBs of RAM I'd suggest going for 64bit Windows Professional or 64bit Windows Server, and use an Itanium2 CPU

GUI · 04-08-2003 02:55PM

sceptre is correct

the 4 gigabit ram limit has to do with 32bit computing limitations

it has nothing to do with "xp pussying out"

any os will not support more then 4 gigs of ram on a 32bit architecture

and ya ms already has the press release out bout advantages of moving to 64bit architecture

SouperComputer · 05-08-2003 01:12PM

640kb is more than enough for anyone LOL

but, 4gb woul be your max with x86

rabbitinlights · 05-08-2003 04:39PM

What would you need 4Gbs of ram for at the moment, i have 1Gb DDR400 Corsair and it has never been over 70% usage running XP Pro?

What kinda things could push 4Gbs?

tman · 05-08-2003 05:24PM

most sound editing apps are fairly memory hogging, you'd chew through 2gigs in no time with sound forge...
i'm not sure what anyone would need 4gigs+ for tho

marrakesh · 06-08-2003 08:59AM

4 Gigs on w2k server. More than 4 gigs with advanced server. Mind u the main differences with w2k server and advanced server is just registry editing so if u know the registry very well it should be possible to add more than 4 gig to w2k server.

Datacentre server allows a whopping 64 gb of ram and 32 processors which is fairly beasty..:D

Max capabilities of 98, 2k, Server 2k, Server 3, XP and XP pro

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