PSA for those with lots of RAM

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

I'm pleased to hear the game runs so well on Windows 7 64 bit because that is going to be my next OS. But is there really a benefit of running a 64 bit OS if - as you point out - most programs are compiled as 32 bit apps?

The OS is the heart and soul. Why restrict the OS to a theoretical 4GB memory limit (2^32) instead of 16 exabytes (2^64)? With much more memory available to the OS it has much more flexibility in what it can do.