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Originally Posted by jeffrey
First, anyone using the 32 bit version of any OS on a 64bit machine is just shooting themselves in the foot.
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Why? At the current moment more than 90% of all useful Win software is 32bit. So is there a serious reason to use 64bit OS? I don't think so, because 32bit code runs a bit slower on 64bit OS because of thunking.
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Originally Posted by jeffrey
Vista 64 is able to handle 16gb of RAM.
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Vista64 and XP64 are able to handle the same amount of RAM. Vista64 has no advantages over XP64 there.
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Originally Posted by jeffrey
XP64 runs SLOWER with 4gb of ram then with 2gb of ram. Trust me, I was mighty pissed when adding ram made the system slower.
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Sorry but I can't trust you because I know how exactly Windows uses memory
Actually If you run some applications that utilize all the available memory (e.g. if you're rendering some complicated 3D scene, or just editing some high-res big-sized PSD files etc), the operating system will use swap file instead of RAM, and course it will work MUCH slower. So there is a simple rule: more RAM = higher system performance.