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Adeptus
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
If you have 4GB or less physical memory, use a 32-bit OS.
At 4GB, the amount of memory "lost" which you might regain by going with 64-bit Windows will be mostly offset by the larger memory footprint of the 64-bit machine code. Whatever small gain you end up with in the end won't be worth the trouble (trouble being that most people will run into something they used to use that doesn't work on 64-bit Windows).
If you have more than 4GB physical memory, use a 64-bit OS.
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| 03-07-2009 10:33 PM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
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Originally posted by Adeptus
At 4GB, the amount of memory "lost" which you might regain by going with 64-bit Windows will be mostly offset by the larger memory footprint of the 64-bit machine code. Whatever small gain you end up with in the end won't be worth the trouble (trouble being that most people will run into something they used to use that doesn't work on 64-bit Windows).
yeah, but i don't know how anyone can stand having bytes of unaddressable RAM in their PCs, especially when they had to pay for it 
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| 03-07-2009 10:45 PM |
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Nathan
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
Well if you don't USE it all, then there's no point. But at least you have it there just in case. If you understand what I mean.
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| 03-07-2009 11:23 PM |
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NanaFreak
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
the speed of x64 and the gain of even that small amount of RAM when you only have 4GB still out ways the RAM usage of the x64 OS and programs not working... i found that winrar is so much faster on x64 and i love it!
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| 03-07-2009 11:35 PM |
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Phillip
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RE: RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
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x64 windows 7 
so much better than x86
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| 03-08-2009 12:38 AM |
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Jesus
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
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Originally posted by ShawnZ
yeah, but i don't know how anyone can stand having bytes of unaddressable RAM in their PCs, especially when they had to pay for it
well, I can stand it quite ok. Ofcourse it's a bit of a waste, but if you want to use dual channel memory, it's actually cheaper to buy 2x2GB than to buy 2x1GB + 2x512MB.
Plus, it leaves the option of upgrading to 8GB whenever I feel like I can live without my remote control (or buy another one which does work on x64) Man is least himself when he is in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth. (Oscar Wilde) |
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| 03-08-2009 12:50 AM |
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andrewdodd13
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
The main advantage of x64 at the moment is the integer register size of 8 bytes rather than 4. This makes certain mathematical programs faster - useful if you're doing project Euler >.>
Check this
But yeah, 64-bit programs tend to have a bigger memory footprint (pointers are 8 bytes not 4 bytes now amongst other things) so my RAM usage is way up on xp64 compared to xp32.
Also, can't use old DOS / 16-bit installer stuff on 64-bit. Things like C&C and RA1 won't install (although RA1 will run with some patching and stuff).
This post was edited on 03-08-2009 at 12:58 AM by andrewdodd13.
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| 03-08-2009 12:58 AM |
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John Anderton
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
x64 on my laptop because of 4GB RAM
x32 on my desktop because I cba to have installed anything else 2 years ago
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| 03-08-2009 07:09 AM |
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NanaFreak
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
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Which option should I select in the poll?
the one you like the best... or use the most
This post was edited on 03-08-2009 at 07:34 AM by NanaFreak.
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| 03-08-2009 07:34 AM |
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Eddie
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RE: 32-bit or 64-bit?
Windows 7 build 7048 32-bit here.
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