Downgrading to XP

[Death Merchant]

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My question is what OS do the gamers who have rigs with 4gigs of Ram or more are they getting raped with vista or buying XP 64 bit?

[TheButler208]

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who uses 4 gigs of ram? I have friends that do video editing that barely use 1 1/2. I have 2 gigs and I don't think I've used much of that 2nd gig. Maybe you need 4 gigs for vista?? But thats kind of lame.

[Spik3d]

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I have 4gb of ram on XP 32 bit...

[TheButler208]

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I have 4gb of ram on XP 32 bit...

yeah i know you have it, but your probably only using like 40% of it.

[lonegunm4n]

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The max amount of RAM XP 32 bit will recognize is something like 3.43 gigs of RAM.

XP 32 can use all of that. I know with BF2, I use roughly 1.3 gigs of RAM.

[camper.]

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The max amount of RAM XP 32 bit will recognize is something like 3.43 gigs of RAM.

XP 32 can use all of that. I know with BF2, I use roughly 1.3 gigs of RAM.

It's 4GB per process. No problem with it at all. You have to change a few boot options, but it'll work with 4GB of RAM perfectly well. Now, for those on 8GB, it's a slightly different matter, for the most memeory intensive applications (that require more than 4GB address space at once).

[System]

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All you need is 2gb of ram... I don't know why I went with 4, I only got 2.8/4 recognized anyways.

As for what OS to use with 4GB of ram from a gamer point of view - XP.

Then again, you'll need to get vista64 when DX10 games come out so really it comes down to how much money you are willing to spend. 64bit OS doesn't have a lot of support either or not as much as 32bit so you may be in the dark on certian things anyways (XP over Vista)...

Just stick with 2-3 gb of ram.

EDIT. 4GB of ram can actually make your computer slower though I don't know why but it is true. After running benchmark tests with 2GB of ram VS 4 GB of ram when my system was new and freshly installed, I actually noticed a decrease in marks with the 4GB of ram after a few tries. So again, just save your money and don't make a silly mistake like I did :)

[megawhompertoo]

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After running benchmark tests with 2GB of ram VS 4 GB of ram when my system was new and freshly installed, I actually noticed a decrease in marks with the 4GB of ram after a few tries. So again, just save your money and don't make a silly mistake like I did :)

Your pc had chunks of data equaling the size of Maryland data strung about all throughout Texas, relatively speaking, so it takes a few more nanoseconds to route data through a larger state. Now, if you're actually <i>using</i> 3-3.5 gb of RAM, you'd see an obvious increase in performance because you won't be thrashing the swapfile...on your HD...which is (relatively) like taking a dirt bike across Kaaah-leee-faaa-nee-yah* to get to your data in Mexico.

*A better e-Schwarzenegger you will not hear in a web faaa-room.

[XavierOwn™]

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Why not just wait for SP1 ? ?

That should fix most the Bugs, Also iv heard it should be out 28th of September... hopefully what i heard is right, it should fix most problems!

[Alpha420]

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Well what's wrong with your Vista system, perhaps I can help. I've been running vista for about a month and after a little optimizing (its actually very configurable), its blazing away for me.

[Skaggy]

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yeah i know you have it, but your probably only using like 40% of it.

If he's a level designer, I'm assuming he'll need a bit of RAM.

[AlexIsUber]

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Why not just wait for SP1 ? ?

That should fix most the Bugs, Also iv heard it should be out 28th of September... hopefully what i heard is right, it should fix most problems!

it will be out in Early 2008, thats long fking time.

[System]

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I heard SP3 will be out for XP when SP1 is out for vista...

[TheButler208]

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lol really, is it going to include support for DX10? j/k

[(TM)KillJoy]

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I run 4 gigs Ram with Vista 64, and it recognizes all of it. Does it use it all? ...probably not, but BF2 runs amazingly fast, and I am good to go when DX10 games come along. Thats the point, and why I got it. But more important ...I like it.

I have come to realize that the main reason people have problems with Vista, is because they are trying to make it run on machines that don't have enough resources. I have no problems with it. The programs I could no longer run with it, I was able to find an alternative, which in most cases was better.

This rig is running at some amazing speeds. I tell people I can load a map on BF2 in about 10 seconds, and I get told I lie, or exaggerating. Vista = no problem ...love it, and couldn't imagine going back <--- to XP.