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Is there a technical reason why 32-bit windows is limited to 4Gb of RAM?

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Mar 15, 202655210 views
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Possible Duplicate: Why does Windows only show about 3.5GB of my 4GB+ of RAM? can a 32-bit OS machine use up all 8GB RAM + 20GB page file? As you can see in this table, all versions of x86 Win 7 max out at 4Gb. Is there a technical reason for this or is this just a marketing strategy to get people …

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There seems to be a lot of confusion in the industry about what's commonly called the Windows “4GB memory limit.” When talking about performance tuning and server sizing, people are quick to mention the fact that an application on a 32-bit Windows s…

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