Squall_Rinoa89 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Well i'm curious now. I have the ability to install 64bit Vista or 32bit vista which would be better to use with 4.0GB DDR3 ram and gaming? I installed 32bit but i can go back and install 64bit. Would it be a hinder to use 64bit vista or a helper to use 64bit or should i just stick to using 32bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 You should go 64bit, but XP64 is much much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wook Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 yeah vista 64 totally. even though vista 32 SP1 says it supports 4gb of ram, and it says you have 4gb, it still doesnt think you do. I have done a lot of testing and it still only realy thinks i have 3gb. Every game i have had says the same. Sooo basically go with x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squall_Rinoa89 Posted November 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 yeah vista 64 totally. even though vista 32 SP1 says it supports 4gb of ram, and it says you have 4gb, it still doesnt think you do. I have done a lot of testing and it still only realy thinks i have 3gb. Every game i have had says the same. Sooo basically go with x64 Any game problems using x64 vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 I see reports here all the time of people having gaming issues, that don't happen in XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolcop06 Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 i dunno why, i had a bad experience with x64. there wasnt any crashing, but games were actually SLOWER. yea no kidding, i have no clue why either... thats why i went back to x32 for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetigerx7 Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 64bit systems do not use multi-threating with 64bit software like they do with 32bit software. That's one factor as to why it's a bit slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolcop06 Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 64bit systems do not use multi-threating with 64bit software like they do with 32bit software. That's one factor as to why it's a bit slower. hmm i see... so why do some people swear by x64 and say its faster, and for me i had a bad experience with it? it seems like im the only one that had a bad experience with x64... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdere Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 64bit systems do not use multi-threating with 64bit software like they do with 32bit software. That's one factor as to why it's a bit slower. Can you explain what you mean by this please? Thanks, as I don't believe that is true. Vista x64 benchmarked with games vs Vista x32 often out performs it, but not by much, and XP is still best for non DX10. Vista x64 is the best all rounder for new machines with more than 3gb RAM imho, unless you live for the latest first person shooters and nothing else. XP64 is never going to get proper driver support, so Vista is the real beginning of the 64 bit future for home users and gamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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