If I'm running 64 bit vista...
- Thread starter Deep Blue
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No. You do not NEED 4gb of RAM although you will note a performance differance of going from 2-4.
32 Bit Operating systems max out at about 3.5GB of RAM. You can fit more, but only 3.5 will be recognised due to some very complicated and technical reasons I dont understand.
64 bit Operating systems max out MUCH higher than 3.5. I cant remember off the top of my head but its WAAAY beyond what any gaming system could possably need, and what a lot of commercially available motherboards can handle.
Personally, I would opt for 4x1gb or 2x2gb sticks of as fast ram as you can afford, then use either 32 bit XP, 32 bit Vista or 64 bit Vista (forget 64 bit XP)
As a matter of note, I plan on expanding to 64bit Vista and 8gb of RAM when the january sales combined with credit crunch drives prices through the floor.
32 Bit Operating systems max out at about 3.5GB of RAM. You can fit more, but only 3.5 will be recognised due to some very complicated and technical reasons I dont understand.
64 bit Operating systems max out MUCH higher than 3.5. I cant remember off the top of my head but its WAAAY beyond what any gaming system could possably need, and what a lot of commercially available motherboards can handle.
Personally, I would opt for 4x1gb or 2x2gb sticks of as fast ram as you can afford, then use either 32 bit XP, 32 bit Vista or 64 bit Vista (forget 64 bit XP)
As a matter of note, I plan on expanding to 64bit Vista and 8gb of RAM when the january sales combined with credit crunch drives prices through the floor.
PseudoPhreak
Captain Hammer!!
i'm thinking about dual booting, just to try it out.
Bloodnok
Well-Known Member
Fail
If ya going to dual boot, have xp installed 1st, as tried installing xp after vista and the damn computer couldn't find any O/S (thx god for repair), need to find a way to make a boot.ini or whatever vista's method is.
Anyway, wait for Windows 7 Beta to be released to the public before hand
And on a final note: do not install vista sp2 beta, it disables the performance scoring system for 1
DO NOT INSTALL WINDOWS XP x64
It was the single worst experiance I have ever had with an operating system. It was terrable.
PseudoPhreak
Captain Hammer!!
just like your spelling?
PseudoPhreak
Captain Hammer!!
lulz
Skull
Thou Shalt Not Pass
it is possible to get it dual booting if you have happened to installed vista 1st, all you need to do is copy accross the "boot" folder from the root of the vista drive to the root of the xp drive and then run easybcd, that should set it up for you!
thats how i managed to get it running on a vm, so should work normally.
as for win7, it is awesome!! used it at a mates house and i loved it
Bloodnok
Well-Known Member
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<= Scott, Ive never used it so take that off or you get a /slap
ta for that $kul1!http://www.breachlan.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=175, however I somehow managed to install XP twice and lost Vista... I'll be needing this:
<= Scott, Ive never used it so take that off or you get a /slap
ta for that $kul1!http://www.breachlan.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=175, however I somehow managed to install XP twice and lost Vista... I'll be needing this: