Today Graphic card already 1GB.... And for that kind of graphic card money spent, there is no reason not getting at least 4GB...

Thus my conclusion is rather simple; We gamers have no choice but to upgrade to 64 bit OS already....

actually currently for gaming, 2GB is still pretty ok, depending on the amount of background process u ve...

if u dun do proper housekeeping, 100GB also not enough...

I'm running vista x64 on my lappy. So far no driver problem and unstable problem. Ya, i'm using 4gb rams.

simply, so it is nothing wrong to installed 4gb of ram right? there is no system complications at all right?

since it applies to all 32bits OS, using XP pro will not solve the issue unless a 64bit os right?

This post has been edited by gac: Aug 29 2008, 05:54 PM

1) no problem, juz that u dun get to use all the RAM

2) yes, 64-bits is the only way to go...

wat r the settings tat v nid to change after changing to vista 64 bit in order to fully utilise 4g of ram?
nid to change anythg in bios?

No, the OS itself supports it

My system currently is using 8GB of RAM Because of this , I have to install Vista Ultimate x64 in order to utilize the 8GB memory

Windows Vista Edition 64-bit maximum memory support
Home Basic -> 8 GB
Home Premium -> 16 GB
Ultimate -> 128+ GB
Business -> 128+ GB
Enterprise -> 128+ GB

But with Vista 64bit system, you would have software compatibility issues & problems.... Some of the program/software cannot run "NORMALly" as usual, and some can cause system hang. Example like Winzip (doesn't have 64bit yet), only can encrypt & decrypt, others advance functions cannot be used...

use winrar la. I found it miles better than winzip, not to mention better compression management

winrar or 7zip - sometimes the files that detected corrupt by winrar still can be unrar by 7zip.. hehe

Windows 32bit base u put 4GB 8GB or more GB rams will only detect 3.5 - 3.75GB
try 64bit base OS than u put 4GB 8GB will detect the amount u put/buy

as for now 32bit OS is good enough... with 2gb ram. wait lah until later stage. i rather wait 2 years for MICROSOFT VIENNA to launch

for me gaming, entertainment etc is perfectly fine now

This post has been edited by gac: Sep 14 2008, 05:25 PM

dude - here is two cents for you... project vienna is still elusive. Like project "Longhorn", it may also cancelled or the features might changed before the RTM release > it actually become Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

One more thing, Microsoft technologies are always similiar in their core. It will never changed. Same windows, same management consoles and same backward-compatible kernels. There is no point waiting coz Microsoft decision will be very predictable. Whatever outcome from project Vienna will be nearly the same as Vista and Server 2008.

Two of the worst factors are the licensing and activation method. They might get worse for users in future release of Windows operating systems. unless you are used to use pirated copies...

u mean Windows 7??? personally i dun really trust MS' date of 2010... juz look at Vista, it's suppose to be out in 2004... in the end 2007 with many functions stripped of...

64-bits is better than 32-bits... it runs faster, at least...

user win2003 or win2008 will be ok~~ i did b4

hurm...is it regarding to unupgraded to sp1??

can i know where u get ur original ultimate vista 64 bit for cheap?

my vista 32bit display 4GB of ram after upgrade to SP1...

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SP1 displays the amount of RAM that is sitting in the computer... not the amount that Vista can use...

open up Task Manager and u'll see it's not 4GB...

Do you need ultimate? Home Premium is already good enough for everyday hardcore usage