32-bit or 64-bit Vista? which is best?
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32-bit or 64-bit Vista? which is best?
07-06-2009 11:07 AM
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Its a Medion Akoya P7700D 2.6mhz quad processor with 4gb RAM
I have the choice of using 32 or 64bit Windows Vista Home Premium
I would like to know the advantages/disadvantages of each
Could anyone please advise to help me make a choice?
Thanks
Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Vista? which is best?
07-06-2009 11:16 AM
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The limit on a 32 bit system is effectively just under 4GB however this includes the memory in all the peripherals such as sound card, graphics card, etc.
With the tendency for graphics cards to have up to 1GB of RAM this will severely limit the memory available for use.
As you have 4GB of RAM I would go 64 bit assuming you have a separate graphics card with it's own memory. If you had 3GB and a 512MB graphics card it wouldn't matter.
One thing to note (and I don't know the reason) SP2 on Vista 64 bit was much larger than the 32 bit option.
Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Vista? which is best?
07-06-2009 4:00 PM
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i am not pc gamer so dosent bother me
Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Vista? which is best?
07-06-2009 4:07 PM
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Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Vista? which is best?
08-06-2009 1:14 PM
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08-06-2009 1:41 PM
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Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Vista? which is best?
08-06-2009 1:42 PM
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Note that very few programs use 64 bit. There are two main program folders in 64 bit Vista - Program Files and Program Files (x86) the latter being the 32 bit versions
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08-06-2009 2:42 PM
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Does Vista used the 64 bit for itself and video etc - and puts it into higher memory addresses and puts applications into the lower 4G ?
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08-06-2009 4:07 PM
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However this may help http://www.winvistatips.com/32-bit-and-64-bit-vista-ram-limit-t283833.html
This may give a bit more explanation http://news.softpedia.com/news/32-bit-Windows-Vista-vs-64-bit-Windows-Vista-64312.shtml
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08-06-2009 6:06 PM
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08-06-2009 6:20 PM
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and also Photoshop really benefits using the extra RAM as a scratch disk
Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Vista? which is best?
09-06-2009 2:55 PM
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I decided tro stick with 32-bit after all
Mainly to avoid complications and I hardly ever play games
My son likes to but thats another story
I have to restrict him anyway otherwise hell take me way above my bandwidth allowance
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09-06-2009 6:27 PM
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gaming is one of the least bandwidth intensive types of traffic around.
when i was on bbyw3 the only thing i was happy to do with out checking my usage every couple of hours was XBOX gaming
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09-06-2009 9:54 PM
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09-06-2009 11:42 PM
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