What's 4GB Addressing in the PCI/AGP Devices Info of astra 32

[DDC]

+-----------------------------------------+
| PCI/AGP Devices Info |
+-----------------------------------------+
AGP Capabilities
AGP Version: 3.0
AGP Speed Supported: 4x 8x (Selected: 8x)
Fast Write: [X] enabled
4GB Addressing: [ ]
Side Band Addressing: [X] enabled


This is a report given by astra32
And the 4gb addressing is not on or supported. i don't know.
So i would like to know what it is and what it supposed to do.

thank you.

 

[barry]

+-----------------------------------------+
| PCI/AGP Devices Info |
+-----------------------------------------+
AGP Capabilities
AGP Version: 3.0
AGP Speed Supported: 4x 8x (Selected: 8x)
Fast Write: [X] enabled
4GB Addressing: [ ]
Side Band Addressing: [X] enabled


This is a report given by astra32
And the 4gb addressing is not on or supported. i don't know.
So i would like to know what it is and what it supposed to do.

thank you.

i would assume it enables the card to address 4gb of ram in your pc.

 

[DDC]

+-----------------------------------------+
| PCI/AGP Devices Info |
+-----------------------------------------+
AGP Capabilities
AGP Version: 3.0
AGP Speed Supported: 4x 8x (Selected: 8x)
Fast Write: [X] enabled
4GB Addressing: [ ]
Side Band Addressing: [X] enabled


This is a report given by astra32
And the 4gb addressing is not on or supported. i don't know.
So i would like to know what it is and what it supposed to do.

thank you.

i would assume it enables the card to address 4gb of ram in your pc.

Who the f@#@ will have 4 gigs of ram on he's pc? Any i would love to
know if it does any thing. I guess not much. i went from 512mb to
1.5gig and i didn't see much improvement.

 

[First of One]

The sole benefit of 64-bit computing is the ability to address over 4 GB of
RAM, isn't it? Besides, games like BF2 already show a substantial
improvement with 2 GB of RAM compared to just 1 GB. It's only a matter of
time...

 

[DDC]

The sole benefit of 64-bit computing is the ability to address over 4 GB of
RAM, isn't it? Besides, games like BF2 already show a substantial
improvement with 2 GB of RAM compared to just 1 GB. It's only a matter of
time...

Yeah! it should be very substantial. i've upgrade my mem from .5gig to
1.5 and didn't find much improvement. Maybe it's because of my 256mb
video card.

Well speaking of ram quantity. i've read that in some future the
motherboard manufacturers will increase the capacity by 10 the amount
of total ram capacity. I can't find the article but it suppose to be
like so. It was on pcstat web site if i recall.

 

[Michael W. Ryder]

Yeah! it should be very substantial. i've upgrade my mem from .5gig to
1.5 and didn't find much improvement. Maybe it's because of my 256mb
video card.

Well speaking of ram quantity. i've read that in some future the
motherboard manufacturers will increase the capacity by 10 the amount
of total ram capacity. I can't find the article but it suppose to be
like so. It was on pcstat web site if i recall.

Considering that on-board RAM has jumped over 64,000 times from my first
PC, IBM PC-1 with 64 K on-board, it shouldn't be hard for another 10
times or more to be placed on the boards. This will require higher
capacity sticks and maybe some changes to the electronics, but that is
something they are always doing.

 

[First of One]

You can get close to that quantity right now:
http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20050907/index.html

Leave it to the good doctor to run two Gigabyte i-Ram cards in RAID 0...

 

[J. Clarke]

The sole benefit of 64-bit computing is the ability to address over 4 GB
of RAM, isn't it?

That is a claim that is sometimes made. It is false. That is the advantage
of 64-bit _addressing_. 64-bit processors also support 64-bit _data_,
which in some cases can lead to a substantial performance gain.