RAM shows less

[Bill Davidsen]

Jatin K wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> I've a new Dell Inspiton 1564 laptop with 1GB graphics card and 4GB DDR3 
> RAM, FC 12 64bit installed on it , but in system information tab it 
> shows 3.7GB usable RAM. My Question is "what about the remaining RAM ??" 
> is it shared with graphics card ? then what is the meaning of dedicated 
> RAM of my graphics card ( if graphics card shares my installed ram module )
> 
> any idea ??
> 
Look at the start of /var/log/messages, /proc/mtrr, etc. See if your CPU has PAT 
capability, etc.

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