Sir_Aragorn87 Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 Does anyone know if Win98 is capable of using 512mb of RAM? I have heard that it can only use up to 256mb but I wasn't sure. :-) thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1e1v1i1n Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 dont know what to say u can get xp anywhere today theres no reason for someone to b using 98 unless i mean they wana keep using it get xp and i dont see why using 512 wouldnt work with 98 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 Windows 98 was fine up to 512MB, but more than that it goes a bit nuts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FxXP Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 Past 384MB, you won't notice much difference. My laptop has 320MB of RAM and 98 operates the same as it would if 256MB was installed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 it only caches 256mb max. kinda like having a dual cpu box in 98... it's there but cpu #2 ain't doing anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 Windows 98 was fine up to 512MB, but more than that it goes a bit nuts Yep he's right. I had 768 in my box with win98 once and took me a bit to figure out why nothing work work and I would get "out of memory" errors. Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agallion Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 no um to 512 mb is the limit ..sorry big red ur wrong this time lol i have a win 98 machine downstairs(a old p3 dont wanna install xp just because i dont) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPaktu Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 Bigred didn't say the limit, he said how much memory 98 uses. 256mb is the amount of memory that windows 98 utilises. Anything else, 98 doesn't use, but it doesn'y mean that no other programs dont use. 98 may only be able to use 256, but anything over that, other apps can use. And i think either on 98 or the SE, that it was uomething like 756 mb of memory, and windows wont recognise it, there a patch to fix that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted June 7, 2004 Posted June 7, 2004 no um to 512 mb is the limit ..sorry big red ur wrong this time lol i have a win 98 machine downstairs(a old p3 dont wanna install xp just because i dont) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...912&Product=w98 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB2004 Posted June 25, 2004 Posted June 25, 2004 (edited) OK, let me get this straight on the different types of "memory" that can be on a RAM stick w/ Win 95-ME (not including the basic DOS stuff) Windows memory vcache ramdisk I think the total can be 2 Gigs or so, and I know vcache can only be up to 512 MB, so does that mean a max ramdisk of like 1.5 gigs or so, or is the ramdisk capped at 512 also? Edited June 25, 2004 by JB2004 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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