Text 10799, 41 rader
Skriven 2006-04-22 14:58:36 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 10797 av Randall Parker (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Brand name desktops with multi-core CPUs and > 2 gigs RAM?
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>


"Randall Parker"
<obfuscate_techieSPAMpundit_now@STOPfutureSPAMpundit_with_bold_stuff.comNOW>
wrote in message news:444a7204$1@w3....
>I was cruising thru Dell's and HP's sites and found many PCs that did not
>come with dual core options. HP had one offering that included AMD X2 CPU
>options for example.
>
> Also, lots of them maxed out at 2 gigs RAM.
>
> So short of building one's own box from scratch (which strikes me as much
> more time consuming and expensive as well) how can one get a dual core
> desktop PC with more than 2 gigs RAM at a reasonable price?
>
> I also want a video card that'll drive two flat panel displays.

I have a video card Geforce 6800 Ultra that supportst 2 flat panels ( each flat
panel can be at different resolutions). It works well

With a dual-core and a MS XP Sp2 you may experience sluggish behavior until you
contact MS and beg for a fix

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=896256

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With the memory your app space is still limited to 2 gb for 32 bit  OS.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx

 The virtual address space of processes and applications is still limited to
2 GB unless the /3GB switch is used in the Boot.ini file. When the physical RAM
in the system exceeds 16 GB and the /3GB switch is used, the operating system
will ignore the additional RAM until the /3GB switch is removed. This is
because of the increased size of the kernel required to support more Page Table
Entries. The assumption is made that the administrator would rather not lose
the /3GB functionality silently and automatically; therefore, this requires the
administrator to explicitly change this setting.

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