Hp Elite X3 showing only 3.5 GB ram??

[rruffman07]

Just received my elite x3 today went into the about screen and it shows 3.5 gb of ram instead of 4 can anyone who has a elite x3 confirm if there's shows 4gb of ram???

 

[DOGC_Kyle]

Windows 10 on mobile only supports up to 3.5GB of RAM. Don't know if/how the remaining 0.5GB is used.

 

[spicypadthai]

Maybe 512 is dedicated for video memory?

 

[melhiore]

Just received my elite x3 today went into the about screen and it shows 3.5 gb of ram instead of 4 can anyone who has a elite x3 confirm if there's shows 4gb of ram???

Isn't that because Windows 10 Mobile is only 32bit??

 

[xandros9]

Isn't that because Windows 10 Mobile is only 32bit??

Correct!

 

[RumoredNow]

Maybe 512 is dedicated for video memory?

If they were smart this would have been done. I've not seen it stated though and I'd love to see a link if someone finds one.

 

[rruffman07]

Windows 10 on mobile only supports up to 3.5GB of RAM. Don't know if/how the remaining 0.5GB is used.

Ahh! thanks;;;

 

[Ryan Smith23]

Is it possible that MS can update W10M to 64bit? Or would the phone have to be completely wiped and Windows installed fresh (assuming there is a 64bit W10M anytime soon...)

 

[xandros9]

Is it possible that MS can update W10M to 64bit? Or would the phone have to be completely wiped and Windows installed fresh (assuming there is a 64bit W10M anytime soon...)

Possible but I highly doubt a 64-bit option will become available.

 

[loudog3114]

Seems like a very weird move to give this device 4gb if they won't be jumping to 64 bit soon.

 

[xandros9]

Seems like a very weird move to give this device 4gb if they won't be jumping to 64 bit soon.

Probably wanted to tick ALL the spec boxes so they threw in 4 GB so it still has that .5 GB of memory over 3 GB.

 

[loudog3114]

Well 64bit will come, its the future for sure, just not sure when.

 

[xandros9]

Well 64bit will come, its the future for sure, just not sure when.

This makes me wonder if at some point in the future we'll have 3.5 GB (32-bit) and 4 GB (64-bit) Elite X3's running around with people trying to snap up the latter like the hubbub about the iPhone 6s having two different CPU manufacturers.

 

[loudog3114]

The SOC is 64bit, so they should be able to do a 64bit upgrade for all devices - if not OTA then at least via WDRT.

 

[Daniel Rubino]

The SOC is 64bit, so they should be able to do a 64bit upgrade for all devices - if not OTA then at least via WDRT.

Typically, it is not that easy. You also can't upgrade 32-bit Windows to 64-bit, need to wipe PC. No one knows how it would/will work with Mobile.

 

[loudog3114]

No, you're right, you can't. But WDRT uses a separate partition for flashing roms and hence could theoretically write a totally new, 64bit rom over the 32bit one.