system resources is a fix amount of 64K (for win9x), also, win9x (include
Me) has problem with more than 512m of ram, machine with 512 or more RAM
will need to limit memory usage to 512Mb, otherwise win9x won't function
properly.

My $0.02, 384Mb of RAM is overkill for win9x, anything more than 512 is
total waste. If anyone is planning to use large amount of RAM, win2k/Linux
should be the answer.

win2k should be a better platform for video editing (no 2G file size limit
as win9x does).

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "meijin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 12:52 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] RAM limit in Win98 SE?


> Hey all...
>
> With the low price of RAM now, I am upgrading my system (primarily used
for
> video capture and edit) to the max amount of RAM supported. In this case,
> the mobo is an Abit BE6-II with an Intel P-III 1 GHz CPU (133 MHz FSB). It
> supports a max of 768 megs.
>
> Someone told me though, that Win98 will not use this much and also as a
> limit of 128K of system resources. Is this correct? It just strikes me as
> totally wrong...
>
> Comments?
>

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