Vista and RAM (1 Viewer)

[wrxsti]

My desktop currently has 4GB of RAM and im only using windows xp (what a waste). Im scared to move on to Vista.

 

[withoutaface]

Move to Ubuntu live forever

 

[zingerburger]

Even if you moved onto Vista, you'd have to get the 64-bit version to utilise all 4GB anyway. There was a 64-bit version of XP released but I don't think XP is sold separately anymore. But I'm pretty sure eBay sellers have some copies. When using a 64-bit OS you just have to make sure you have 64-bit drivers installed for your hardware.

And there's nothing particularly wrong with Vista, despite what you might hear.

 

[wrxsti]

Even if you moved onto Vista, you'd have to get the 64-bit version to utilise all 4GB anyway. There was a 64-bit version of XP released but I don't think XP is sold separately anymore. But I'm pretty sure eBay sellers have some copies. When using a 64-bit OS you just have to make sure you have 64-bit drivers installed for your hardware.

And there's nothing particularly wrong with Vista, despite what you might hear.

how much does it affect the performance?

Edit: btw my cpu is Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 at 3.16Ghz

 

[blue_chameleon]

how much does it affect the performance?

Edit: Btw my cpu is intel core 2 duo e8500 at 3.16ghz

100,000.

 

[Omie Jay]

hey wrxsti, the laptop ur gonna get will run vista perfectly fine with NO PROBLEMS AT ALL.

Plus if u got 4gigs ram, then vista should be perfectly fine then.

 

[Suic1de]

E8500 at stock speeds?

/facepalm

 

[wrxsti]

E8500 at stock speeds?

/facepalm

???

 

[Suic1de]

The E8400/E8500/E8600 are very overclock able chips.

If your not overclocking then there is no point going above an E8400 as you will notice no difference.

 

[Prashant Sallan]

i have vista home premium.. just wondering what the point of having 4gbs of ram?.. i have 2 gbs or ram.. and my computer harldy ever uses of 1gb.. (ctrl +alt+delete)

 

[zingerburger]

4GB if you like to play games.

 

[dinopoke]

I'm on 2gig and it works just fine. I don't play much games on Vista though.

 

[Jordanman]

wait 2 months and get windows 7
it is soo much better... i have dual boot vista and 7 (RC) and 7 by far it waye better
faster load, better appearance, better allocation of resources, better shut down times and DX 11 !

 

[SnowFox]

Dude, old thread is dead.

 

[Top Secret]

wait 2 months and get windows 7
it is soo much better... i have dual boot vista and 7 (RC) and 7 by far it waye better
faster load, better appearance, better allocation of resources, better shut down times and DX 11 !

Yes, that was the whole idea Jordan.

You see, windows Vista and 7 are comparable to windows 2000 and XP. Vista and 2000 were both "pre-models", OS they can afford to give a bad reputation to so that they can fix up all the bugs, etc. for the "proper" model. Thus windows 7 is really a hefty vista fix.

 

[oputipo]

At least Windows 7 is faster.

 

[Omie Jay]

if you've got a 3.18GHz dual core cpu and 4 gigs ram then vista will run perfectly fine.

my laptop has 2.53ghz dual core and 4gigs ram, and i got vista ultimate 32 bit, never had a problem at all.

only thing i dont like about windows 7 is the slightly different interface (im now used to vista), and that some games dont run.