4 gigs of ram performance boost?

[baron5]

yeah, 64 bit seems the same as 32bit for me, ive used both and dont notice any difference, besides that the 64bit (with 4gb ram) loaded into windows very fast. all the bugs on 64bit have been fixed...

 

[Nagasama]

I'm pretty sure it is as compatible as Microsoft would like you to think. Common misconception that 64 bit has terrible support and heaps of things crash on it.

exactly! a VERY common misconception. i actually find 64bit MORE stable.

 

[zmatt]

Misconception my ***. I own the **** thing and use it on my main desktop. The OS istelf is rock solid, but a lot of programs (mostly games) don't work.

 

[Nagasama]

really? i dont have any problems with any of my games, and i have probably 30 installed. well, i lie...i think BF1942 doesnt work. tried running it in compatability mode for XP and ME and no dice. which sucks. i got the collection off ebay for like 5 bucks and i havent ever played it.
and i aint usin XP again just so can play it lol.

 

[Apokalipse]

I'm running XP x64 edition and all of my programs work, except for iTunes (and that's because Apple has an unnecessary OS restriction)

 

[zmatt]

Odd iTunes works flawlessly for me. Age of Empires 3 is my biggest concern. Most of my games will work after patches or compatibility mode. But AoE3 keeps crashing the video driver, and there is no patch for this. I'm running x64 ultimate.

 

[SirSnake]

Ive just updated to a x64 XP, and I havent noticed much in the way of incomptability with games (though Ive not had time to extensively check it), and the 64-bit Crysis is definately much better in performance, everything runs on maxed out specs easily enough.

In my experience the extra RAM is definately worth it, but having used computers with similar specs to mine with the same quantity, but faster speed of RAM, I can say that, for gaming at least, you don't need to spend extra on hugely expensive RAM, as long as you have enough of it!

 

[Apokalipse]

Odd iTunes works flawlessly for me. [snipped]. I'm running x64 ultimate.

Yeah, that's Vista. Apple won't add support for XP x64. Even though I highly doubt it's much work on their end to get it running properly.

 

[zmatt]

Oh. I assumed you had vista 64.

 

[Apokalipse]

Oh. I assumed you had vista 64.

no, I'm sticking to XP (x64 edition, which is based on Server 2003 x64, which is based on server 2003, which is based on XP).
I've used Vista, but I like XP better.