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    Is it time to switch to 64 bit Vista?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by revoletion, Aug 24, 2008.

  1. revoletion

    revoletion Notebook Consultant

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    I ordered my dell inspron 1520 a while ago with vista 32 bit. Looking at it now im starting to think that maybe its time to upgrade. I would like to get things running a little faster... and maybe get my games to go up a few fps.
    Ive kinda been out of the whole 32-64 sphere so i haven't been following it as much as when i first bought this pc so i would like to ask the kind folks out there that know about this stuff more than i do if it is time to upgrade.
     
    revoletion, Aug 24, 2008
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  2. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    Warloque Notebook Consultant

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    If your looking for game performance, 64 - bit isn't really going to help you as long as you have minimal required RAM, any additional RAM isn't going to provide you with increased performance. 64 - bit increases your maximum amount of RAM which is locked at 4GB for 32 - bit OS.

    64 bit helps if you are trying to multitask alot, and general productivity so you can just leave programs loaded in the memory.
     
    Warloque, Aug 25, 2008
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