only 2.92 gb ram usable in 6 gb ram

[raghurajan266]

i have 6 gb ram (2+4 gb) but only 2.92 gb is usable.
please help me to solve problem.
i have win 8.1 pro 32 bit.

 

[rickypratama]

In theory, windows 8 32 bit only support maximum 4gb of ram. But the real amount detected usually between 3 to 3.7 gb. If you have shared graphic then it will take some more of your usable ram.
Best possible solution is to install 64 bit version of windows and all 6gb of your ram will detected, but the usable amount still below that if you have shared graphic

 

[raghurajan266]

In theory, windows 8 32 bit only support maximum 4gb of ram. But the real amount detected usually between 3 to 3.7 gb. If you have shared graphic then it will take some more of your usable ram.
Best possible solution is to install 64 bit version of windows and all 6gb of your ram will detected, but the usable amount still below that if you have shared graphic

Can you tell me what is a shared graphics??

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Shared memory for graphics

If you don't have a dedicated graphics card in your PC, the on-board GPU has to use some system RAM as VRAM (shared memory in other words). Obviously this will reduce the amount of installed RAM that's left for Windows & applications.

32-bit Windows has an addressable RAM limit of just over 3GB.

That being the case, and with some RAM being reserved for the on-board graphics hardware, that figure of 2.92GB usable in Windows is about right.

You need to upgrade to 64-bit Windows if you want more usable RAM available.