12 GB RAM Support Query

[nandu26]

Is there any motherboard which supports 12 GB of RAM for a Core2Duo system?

Anand

 

[Cool Joe]

12 GB of RAM??!!!???
y the hell do u need so much???!!!
i dont know if its possible to have 12 GB of RAM. i m sceptical abt this.

 

[Psychosocial]

lol 12GB RAM.

Does any OS support that much ?

 

[goobimama]

Uh. Have you guys come across something called 64bit? I'm sure this guy has some need for 12GB.

 

[mehulved]

Uh. Have you guys come across something called 64bit? I'm sure this guy has some need for 12GB.

Dunno about other OS's but enabling highmem and bigmem patches in linux will allow upto 64GB on 32-bit OS. PAE does the same for FreeBSD, so something similar should be around for Mac and other *nix's around, too. What these patches do is use some work around in newer Pentiums to use 36-bit addresses, thus allowing to use upto 64 GB of RAM.

lol 12GB RAM.

Does any OS support that much ?

Any OS that is worth it's name, including Windows.

 

[alok4best]

^^^, but ultimately it will depend on ur processor , isnt it.
A 32 bit Proccy will be able to address only 2^32 Bits of memory, similarly a 64 bit will be able to address 2^64 bits.

 

[Krazy Bluez]

12 GB !!! Why do you need that ??? I think you would like to run Crysis, Nero 8, Photoshop CS3 and Maya 2008 simultaneously !!! lol

 

[bhushan2k]

^^^ and on windows 7...lolz...

 

[chesss]

Google

@nandu26 -- Would love to know your purpose. Some scientific app I guess?

..and for all you noobs out here-
128Gb ram
17tb ram!!

 

[mehulved]

^^^, but ultimately it will depend on ur processor , isnt it.
A 32 bit Proccy will be able to address only 2^32 Bits of memory, similarly a 64 bit will be able to address 2^64 bits.

Read up on PAE, HIGHMEM and BIGMEM it will tell you how it uses 36-bit addressing on 32-bit PC's, thus allowing upto 64GB of RAM to be used. But, of course 64-bit processors can handle a lot more.

 

[The Conqueror]

12GB RAM ??Thats too much! Are you using for some research purpose or running Crysis 3

 

[mad_max]

the guy asks about a mobo and all you guys talk about operating systems lol shame on you
i can have up to 8gigs on my old 965 system so anything above p 35 should be able to support it,i think

 

[nandu26]

I finally will go for less RAM (May be 8 GB or 4 GB DDR3). I will check with the vendor and decide.

 

[The Conqueror]

4GB DDR3 Should be Fine for you In My Opinion

 

[m-jeri]

hey man..check up skulltrail mobos....

 

[The Conqueror]

wow ..... 12gb ram ...... killer machine, i must say .........

But you will need the softwares/games that can use the power of 12GB RAM

 

[pc_game_lover2004]

these days 4 gb is enough bro...
think about it 3-4 yrs later...lol

 

[The Conqueror]

Exactly, No need to Get More than 4GB

 

[Zangetsu]

@nandu26 : think of present now ...12 GB is out of bounds....even if its there it will burn the pocket....with lots of smoke...
The Gigabyte 780G mobo supports upto 16GB RAM

..and for all you noobs out here-
128Gb ram
17tb ram!!

Dude these two pics or of supercomputers or mainframe i guess..not for our purpose

 

[chesss]

^but we don't know nandu's purpose :roll: