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Re: SL 5.7 Intel Integrated HD Graphics 3000 SandyBridge
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Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:50:58 -0500
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Bluejay Adametz wrote:

>> Yes: The 32-bit kernel will leave 25% of your 4 GB RAM unused, I believe.
>
> I'm running 32-bit SL6.0 on a 5gb-RAM machine and (unless I'm missing
> something) it sees and uses all of it.

Yes, kernel with PAE allows the OS to address more than 4GB of RAM.
However, if the 32-bit application is not coded to address more than
4GB of RAM, the app will not take advantage of the additional memory.


Mike

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