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Regarding the 3GB switch, SQL 2005 STD will use whatever the OS can see, so yes to that one.
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Regarding the 3GB switch, SQL 2005 STD will use whatever the OS can see, so yes to that one.

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SQL 2005 w/sp2 on Windows 2003 sp2 32b Standard Edition server, will using the /3GB and/or the /USERVA switches enhance SQL 2005's performance?
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SQL 2005 w/sp2 on Windows 2003 sp2 32b Standard Edition server, will using the /3GB and/or the /USERVA switches enhance SQL 2005's performance?

Using /3GB and /USERVA switchs with SQL 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.