Win 98 Max RAM

[relativitymc2]

There is a big arguement on another forum about the maximum amount of RAM Win98 can use. A few state that 512MB is the max it will use. Most state that it will use as much as you put in up to 2GB if you are using photoshop or a similar program. I've read in many articles that Win98 in theory can address up to 2GB but in practice anything over 512MB is totally useless regardless of the program. So since I didn't want to get involved in a immature arguement because nobody over there states an answer, I figured I would ask here. They just either say 2GB or 512MB, which is it?

[Plaster]

I think it's 4gb, but I could be wrong.

[CMonster]

4GB that is what I read in my Win95 training manuals somewhere, but where would you find a hardware system to support that much RAM...?

and Win95b/c/98 can support up to 2TB (terabyte) drives -- but seriously folks, if there was a 2TB drive, and a hardware system that could support it, could you imagine how long it would take Windows to run scan disk because it locked up and you had to reboot without doing a shut down? HOW ABOUT DEFRAG? HA HA HA!!! ..or doing a find file when the drive is almost full..

Mostly Motherboards are the limiting factor in terms of maximum abount of RAM. Some motherboards (notably the intel 430TX) may support up to 256MB of RAM but will only cache up to 64MB so that memory in excess of 64MB will cause the access time to the RAM to be slightly slower..or something like that..

Just put in as much as you need or can afford.

[relativitymc2]

I read at microsoft that in theory the max is 2GB and it has a section for problems incured after installing 1GB, so I was wondering does win98 effectively use anything over 256MB or is it a big waste of money?

[This message has been edited by relativitymc2 (edited 05-17-99).]

[ANTONIO E GUERRA]

U make a good point! The chipset sets limits to the ram, not really the operating system. I was fooled once with the Tx and Txpro. I am glad that someone remembered that small footprint in memory upgrade.