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onelifecrisis · 10-03-09, 07:22 AM

Should I get Vista 32bit or 64bit? I've done some googling on this and can't find a definitive answer.

All my apps are 32bit, and to run them Vista 64bit would have to operate in "32bit emulation mode". One point to Vista 32bit.

Vista 64bit can handle more than 4Gb of RAM. This would seem to be one point to 64bit, but when you consider that 4Gb is already twice as much as is needed by the most demanding games (see previous posts) I'm thinking it's more like half a point to 64bit.

Vista 64bit will be more future proof, but that future seems a long way off right now, since there are hardly any games at all which utilise 64bit technology and none on the horizon. Half a point to 64bit.

So it's even stevens at one point each.

10-03-09, 07:22 AM	#27
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	Should I get Vista 32bit or 64bit? I've done some googling on this and can't find a definitive answer. All my apps are 32bit, and to run them Vista 64bit would have to operate in "32bit emulation mode". One point to Vista 32bit. Vista 64bit can handle more than 4Gb of RAM. This would seem to be one point to 64bit, but when you consider that 4Gb is already twice as much as is needed by the most demanding games (see previous posts) I'm thinking it's more like half a point to 64bit. Vista 64bit will be more future proof, but that future seems a long way off right now, since there are hardly any games at all which utilise 64bit technology and none on the horizon. Half a point to 64bit. So it's even stevens at one point each. __________________ Freedom of speech - priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard.