Physically installed RAM

[coco2]

Currently MemoryStatus() reports the amount of RAM available to the OS as far as I understand it. Would it be possible to report the physically installed RAM? Such code in C++ is as follows:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

unsigned long long MemoryInstalled()
{
	unsigned long long physicalMemory = 0;
	GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory(&physicalMemory);
	return physicalMemory;
}

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout << "Installed RAM: " << MemoryInstalled() / (1024 * 1024) << "GB" << endl;
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

[mk-soft]

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size = MemoryStatus(#PB_System_TotalPhysical)
Debug "TOTAL: " + Str(size / (1024*1024)) + " MB"

[coco2]

It returns a value different to the physically installed RAM.

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size = MemoryStatus(#PB_System_TotalPhysical)
Debug "TOTAL: " + FormatNumber(size / (1024*1024*1024), 4) + " GB"

TOTAL: 31.9495 GB

The C++ code I posted will return 32GB

[mk-soft]

Perhaps without GPU buffer or a bug

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Import ""
  GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory(Size)
EndImport

size = MemoryStatus(#PB_System_TotalPhysical)
GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory(@size2)

Debug "TOTAL PB: " + Str(size / 1024) + " kB"
Debug "TOTAL API: " + Str(size2) + " kB"

[coco2]

Maybe not a bug, I think GlobalMemoryStatusEx() might be the same as PB. I read somewhere that it is the amount available to the OS.

Do you know how to import GlobalMemoryStatusEx()?

[mk-soft]

You are right. Its not a bug

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Global info.MEMORYSTATUSEX
info\dwLength = SizeOf(MEMORYSTATUSEX)
r1 = GlobalMemoryStatusEx_(@info)
If r1
  Debug "TOTAL API: " + info\ullTotalPhys
Else
  Debug "Failed"
EndIf
Debug "TOTAL PB: " + MemoryStatus(#PB_System_TotalPhysical)

[Bisonte]

In C, no decimal place is calculated, but in your PB formula it is..... If you do the same in PB as in C, the result is the same:

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size = MemoryStatus(#PB_System_TotalPhysical)
Debug "TOTAL: " + FormatNumber(size / (1024*1024*1024), 0) + " GB"

[coco2]

The results aren't the same:

GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory(): 33554432 KB
PureBasic: 33501516 KB