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#119
Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
[OT]It is a common misconception that 32-bit CPUs cannot use more than 4GB RAM. It is true that they cannot use more than 4GB at a time but that is not the same thing. I used ye good ole Z80 with only a 16 bit address bus (limiting the RAM to 64KB) with 256KB! A decent memory manager is all you need.

Edit: In current 32-bit OSes that would translate to a limit of 4GB per process but not a limit to how much memory you can have installed din your machine.[/OT]
Windows and Linux 32 bit will only detect 4 GB of RAM, so I don't know where you are getting your info from. Sure, the board will detect more, but you need a 64 bit OS to take advantage of it. And of course you can install more, the motherboard limits you on physical RAM, the OS limits how much you can use.
 

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