Win 98SE RAM limit?

[ruefus]

I just bought an additional 256 megs of RAM, putting my system at 384 megs total. I've just heard (after buying the RAM, of course) that Win98 will recognize whatever amount is installed, but won't utilize more than 320 megs. Is this true?

 

[jg38141]

no

"Are you saying that I can dodge bullets?"

 

[Guest]

That myth's been going around a lot. Win98 doesn't make very efficient use of memory above 128 MB, but it certainly doesn't ignore it.

Unless you put a cap on the vcache settings, Win9x won't boot properly with more than 512MB, but once you specify a limit, you can use huge amounts of memory with it. Not that it's very beneficial to have a gig of RAM in 98, but it's possible.

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[Arrow]

More is better, but for you to notice a diffrence, it really depends on what you're doing.

Rob
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