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Old 07-11-2009, 05:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Is 3 or 4 gigs of RAM on XP 32bit useful?

the two gig limit was from old motherboard bios and the high density memory battle ..........with todays Core 2D's you can forget that info, its too outdated

I have downgraded alot of customers from vista to xp so they would get more game speed and smoothness, although alot of guys like vista too

Windows 7 will be available in the next few days, its like vista but better.........less bloat and systems run faster than vista

but I would stick with a 32bit version of either one you choose

the 64bit version comes with a unique set of problems and glitches all of its own ........memory is only something you worry about if you dont have enough, watch your system resource meter while you are gaming ..........can you use all the memory you have now ? I know for a fact you cant use all three gigs in a 32bit gaming situation.......... I have seen as much as 2.6gigs used in gaming, but that is rare and it was a gaming situation of all out Player vs player "battle royal" end of the world type thing with explosions and grenades and flares etc ............the action so intense; all players were dead in less than 30 seconds and that gave me my witnessed & recorded game high memory use of all time in a 32bit world .....2.6 gigs
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