I know… who really cares? 

I read on a few boards that the 32-bit version of Windows doesn’t recognize more than 3GB of RAM, so buying 4GB for my new laptop would probably be a bit of a waste. However, I don’t think that’s necessarily the case.

Granted, this might not be a very good way to measure performance as I’m new to Vista, but maybe someone will find it interesting.

Basically, I tried a couple different memory configurations and captured my "Experience Scores".

Here’s the baseline, with 1 GB RAM (as shipped). 

Now with 1 of the new 2 GB sticks installed, giving a total of 3 GB (which I was I read was the most Vista would recognize).  The RAM score went up to 4.8 (from 4.5), but the Graphics score actually went down to 3.4 (from 4.6)… possibly due to the brand mismatch?

But with 4 GB of Kingston RAM installed, the RAM score stayed at 4.8, the Graphics score went back up to 4.6, but the Gaming Graphics score went up a notch to 3.5.