RAM

[xMalcom]

I upgraded the ram in my computer about a couple months of ago and install 64 bit windows but my computer still only uses 3.87 GB how can i make it so it uses the full 4GB

 

[PP Mguire]

If it's the laptop in your about me then you can't. Your system RAM is shared with your GPU and that much RAM is being allocated for VRAM.

 

[xMalcom]

ahhh ok thanks dude. kinda figured it was something like that but was not 100% but sure

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea, that's the bad part about IGPs, but on the other hand an APU actually makes use of faster DDR3 because of it.

 

[Oreo]

ahhh ok thanks dude. kinda figured it was something like that but was not 100% but sure

You can usually adjust how much ram is dedicated to VRAM in the BIOS when you boot up.

If you are going to be playing games it might be worth increasing it to 512MB or even 1GB.