Graphics upgrade problem

[Poemaster]

I am interested in selling the 8800 GTS I have now and picking up two ATI cards. The card I was looking at is this one
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
The problem is it has 1GB of vram so with my 32bit XP I would only effectively have 2gb of RAM

Any ideas?

 

[Yami]

If it's that much of a problem for you, get the 512MB version of the card instead.

 

[Snake91839]

OR..... go 64bit. It's worth the extra memory allowance, it really is.

 

[james.wired]

I agree. Go for a 64 bit OS.