I have some RAM problems i think

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My specs
P4 1.7ghz
1GB SDRAM
80GB Western Digital HDD
GeeForce 5700FX 128mb
unknown motherboard and PSU

So I bought 512 of RAM so I could have 1GB in totall and did format. After the format my comp is running not very well, like slower. Whenever I run Counter Strike 1.6 which doesn't need much it lags a lot, I get a lot of ghosting and lag. So I looked on the forums here and from sticky I downloaded the program MemTest. I run it and I can't even test my whole RAM because a Message pops out:
Your version of Windows limits the ammount of contiguous Ram a single program can allocate. You will have to run two copies of MemTest, and tell each to test 200mb of Ram.

Do any of u know what that means ? From what i figured out is that each program has a limit to using 200mb of Ram. Isn't that weird ? Maybe that's why I don't Bother to play Battlefield 2 on my machine cuz whenever i put it on it lags like crazy and i just turn it off and don't bother trying again for a long time.

Any help on this ?
 
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with that cpu and graphics card i wouldnt bother running battlefield 2...
is your memory the right type, speed and brand for your motherboard?
they in the right slots(some motherboards only let you run 2 sticks in certain slots etc...)could be a wealth of issues
 
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post a dxdiag log and we may be able to help from that but yeah its looking very underpowered for new games so you may be porked anyway - cs 1.6 you may be ok, its been so long...
 
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sumik said:
Your version of Windows limits the ammount of contiguous Ram a single program can allocate. You will have to run two copies of MemTest, and tell each to test 200mb of Ram.

Do any of u know what that means ? From what i figured out is that each program has a limit to using 200mb of Ram.

That message is because the trial version of the software is limited to that much memory, its not a problem with your system. You're much better using the real memtest, that is memtest86+ from here:

http://www.memtest.org/

You have to burn the image to a CD and boot from it. Loop test 5 for half an hour to see if your RAM is erroring.

Have you made sure you've installed your motherboard drivers too? The latest ones from the makers website?
 
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All drivers are updated
i have 2 slots for DDR ram and 2 slots for SDRAM so i din't go wrong there, both stick are identical and i checked the support for motherboard and it's right ram. Lemme mees around with it for a bit, see what happens.
 
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