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Are you saying your OS is 32-bit?

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5 minutes ago, Hahzi said:

32-bit OS can't use above 2GB. You have to upgrade to 64-bit. Nothing you can do, limitation of the OS. Sorry mate :/

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10 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

32-bit OS can't use above 2GB. You have to upgrade to 64-bit. Nothing you can do, limitation of the OS. Sorry mate :/

Apparently they can use up to 4GB

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13 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Apparently they can use up to 4GB

Ah that's right, my mind slipped xD still won't be able to use the 8GB regardless and most games require 64-bit, so it's worth the upgrade still.

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