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| Thread ID: 88507 | 2008-03-30 05:16:00 | Should I upgrade to Vista Ultimate 64Bit? | ephesus (2509) | Press F1 |
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| 654171 | 2008-03-30 08:25:00 | well 64 bit is more secure, and it is the future, so I would actually just use 64 bit. nVidia has always been good with 64bit drivers, just other companies aren't that great. Do some research, then decide if you want 32 bit, or 64 bit. Agreed that 64bit is the future. Have looked at 64bit drivers for my components and most are available. Just wonder if other softwares will run on 64 bit. The last thing I want is installing 64 bit and find that softwares refuse to run. Is 64bit backward compatible? |
ephesus (2509) | ||
| 654172 | 2008-03-30 09:58:00 | They should run in 32bit mode. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 654173 | 2008-03-30 10:06:00 | I think that if you are a normal user even a new PC its maybe not worth it. If you are into graphics and video and stuff like workstation even if your software is not "yet" supported for multicore or 64bit, it would still be beneficial in getting it for the future. Priority speaking, workstation software are the ones lining up for it .. some software of that type already are optimised. If you are in the play I would get the 16GB motherboards. I would also go for quad core too .. If you like your games, maybe a better video card or RAID or a soundcard if you in that .. Normal software may not see software support until 2+ years. I think its a catch 22. Normal stuff, XP go for 2GB of RAM, Vista maybe 2.5-3GB so ~4GB is also not bad .. In that way I would prefer XP 32bit .. just give you more back ... Vista for me is it consumes more and it may be more useful getting 8GB but then you need software to support that .. hopefully games or what .. supports 64bit and 8GB so you can actually use your investment ..... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 654174 | 2008-03-30 21:38:00 | The main difference is the amount of ram you will actually be able to use. 32 bit = 4Gb TOTAL. This includes the memory on your graphics card. 64 bit = 128Gb in Vista Ultimate. DAMN!!! 128Gb anyway look at this for a good rundown. www.vistaclues.com |
dipstick01 (445) | ||
| 654175 | 2008-03-30 22:04:00 | You still need x64 software support. Even Photoshop CS3 with x64 windows won't use all the RAM. Hopefully the next version will. Video/music encoding may at this time for some and in the future .. I think x64 is good for a future PC if you want to keep for 2+ years and you needa new computer now ... But for bang for buck maybe get 32bit now and upgrade it later and use the savings for that .. Especially if you are using normal software which might be some way to wait .. While x64 bit support 128GB, motherboards only support 8 or 16GB the latest ones. Xeon server motherboards supports up to 64GB to date. Chances is before popular hardware support 8GB or 16GB (common home setups), there will be a new windows version after Vista that is also x64. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 654176 | 2008-03-30 22:58:00 | You still need x64 software support . Even Photoshop CS3 with x64 windows won't use all the RAM . Hopefully the next version will . Video/music encoding may at this time for some and in the future . . . But for bang for buck maybe get 32bit now and upgrade it later and use the savings for that . . Especially if you are using normal software which might be some way to wait . . The original poster already has 64 bit . He currently is running 32 bit and has 4Gb ram already installed . He has another 4Gb coming so to even try and utilise any of that he MUST go to 64 bit . If he doesn't then he will have 8Gb ram and be utilising about 3Gb of it . There are not many programs etc these days that do not support 64 bit . Throw it in and see what happens . Hell you have both versions so not hard to revert if it really comes down to it . |
dipstick01 (445) | ||
| 654177 | 2008-03-30 23:10:00 | The main difference is the amount of ram you will actually be able to use. 32 bit = 4Gb TOTAL. This includes the memory on your graphics card. 64 bit = 128Gb in Vista Ultimate. DAMN!!! 128Gb anyway look at this for a good rundown. www.vistaclues.com Has Microsoft limited the amount of RAM that its x64 versions of Windows can address? As the amount a true x64 system can address is alot higher then those numbers! |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 654178 | 2008-03-30 23:22:00 | There are not many programs etc these days that do not support 64 bit . Throw it in and see what happens . Hell you have both versions so not hard to revert if it really comes down to it . Always a gambler . . worth a try . Just need more time . Can I install 64bit onto another HDD with the same components and try it? If it does not work with other software and I were to stick the original HDD with 32bit OS back, will it boot up just like it did before or will I need to reinstall the 32bit OS again? |
ephesus (2509) | ||
| 654179 | 2008-03-30 23:25:00 | Can I install 64bit onto another HDD with the same components and try it? If it does not work with other software and I were to stick the original HDD with 32bit OS back, will it boot up just like it did before or will I need to reinstall the 32bit OS again? Should be able to. May require changing boot disks in the bios but that's about it. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 654180 | 2008-03-30 23:38:00 | Always a gambler . . worth a try . Just need more time . Can I install 64bit onto another HDD with the same components and try it? If it does not work with other software and I were to stick the original HDD with 32bit OS back, will it boot up just like it did before or will I need to reinstall the 32bit OS again? Put in a spare drive and do a dual boot system to check its all good 1st . . . . good idea! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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