Noob to Vista

ThatGuy16 said:
If you have a 32bit Vista you can only add like 3Gb of memory and with 64bit Home premium you can have up to 16gigs.
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When you say add memory, you mean using the flash drives? Or you mean the actual memory on your motherboard?

ThatGuy16 said:
If you buy OEM it would be cheaper than buying an upgrade..heres the upgrade pack
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116143
Full vista home premium 64bit OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116204
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I mean im buying a pc and it comes with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, What if I wanted to switch to Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit?
 
Deathrow said:
When you say add memory, you mean using the flash drives? Or you mean the actual memory on your motherboard?



I mean im buying a pc and it comes with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, What if I wanted to switch to Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit?
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Actual memory on your motherboard. If you want to upgrade to 64bit those two links i give are basicly your two options to upgradeing to 64bit vista.

but like i said ealier there is no point in spending $100+ for 64bit if the computer you buy comes with 32, there are little if any apps out there now that require 64bit operating systems.
 
[-0MEGA-];702647 said:
It happened with BF2 and BF2142, since they are the same game pretty much. But I dont think I updated the game, so that may have been the reason.

I havent read this entire thread, but I will say this. If you are going to buy Vista, and the price difference isnt much, always go with Vista x64 and not the 32-bit version, to make it more "future proof".
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I just rememberd what was causing it, make sure your running as admin and on vista you have to disable User Account Control under security settings
 
Deathrow said:
I still dont fully understand this memory.

So my pc Im buying has 4gb, yet windows vista 32bit only uses 3 gig? Sounds wrong 2 me.
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Ohh, sorry i believe vista 32bit does in fact support 4gb of ram. Thats the maximum for 32bit, with 64bit you can have 16Gb. Sorry for the confusion.
 
ThatGuy16 said:
Ohh, sorry i believe vista 32bit does in fact support 4gb of ram. Thats the maximum for 32bit, with 64bit you can have 16Gb. Sorry for the confusion.
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thats not a standard i have 32 bit vista and the max i can run is 2 gigs

you need to check with the mobo manufacturer to find out
the max
 
correct me if im wrong but im almost positive there isnt a difference between ram for a 64 bit system or a 32 bit

what the other guy was saying is that with a 64 bit system your "supossed" to be able to use 16 gigs of ram.
and with a 32 bit your "supposed" to be able to use 4 gigs


BUT that all depends on software and hardware capabilities, most stock systems wont utilize more than 2-3 gigs
 
Why would windows restrict the amount of ram you can hav ein your system?

So basically if I have 4 gig its fine but any more on a 32 bit system and it will be wasted?
 
check the specs on your mobo to see besides for example buying 4gigs when your computer will only utilize 2gigs is a waste of money. company's usually put recomendations on how much of something their product can handle for a reason
 
Deathrow said:
I still dont fully understand this memory.

So my pc Im buying has 4gb, yet windows vista 32bit only uses 3 gig? Sounds wrong 2 me.
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Windows XP and Vista 32-bit can only support up to 3.12GB of memory, but the more devices you have installed, the lower the actual usable memory will get smaller. Vista Home 64 can support up to 16GB of RAM, while the other 64 bit versions of Vista and XP can support up to 128GB of RAM.
 
I am running Ubuntu off of a live cd, and even though I have 4gb of RAM, the system monitor says I have 2.7gb. I think it just maxes out 32bit-oses eventually. I would go for Vista 64-bit if I were you.

I also have a question about live cds. When I run mine even moving windows around takes like 45-75% cpu usage, and I have an e6600! Is this just because it's a live cd?
 
Memory specifications
All editions of Windows Vista 64-bit provide increased memory support beyond the standard 4 gigabytes (GB) available with 32-bit editions. Refer to the specific edition of Windows Vista 64-bit to determine maximum memory capacity.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/64bit.mspx

Most motherboards support up to 8Gb, some of the "Gigbyte" brand boards support up to 16Gb of memory. Either way you must have the 64bit version of vista to use that much ram, With 32bit no matter how much you put in, it will on recognize 4Gigs or 3.12gb.
;)
 
Right well I will have 4 gig and my motherboard can support upto 8 gig.

So am I right in saying 4 gig on 32 bit home premium will be fine but If I wanted to get more like 5 gig I would need 64 bit version?
 
Deathrow said:
Right well I will have 4 gig and my motherboard can support upto 8 gig.

So am I right in saying 4 gig on 32 bit home premium will be fine but If I wanted to get more like 5 gig I would need 64 bit version?
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You can only utilize up to 3.12GB of RAM on a 32-bit version of Windows.
 
So what happens to the other 1012MB? Does it get used at all?

Do u mean only windows vista uses that memory? Or all programs such as games.
 
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Deathrow said:
So what happens to the other 1012MB? Does it get used at all?

Do u mean only windows vista uses that memory? Or all programs such as games.
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It's an issue with any 32 bit OS and 32 bit processors. You will hear from alot of people that they may only be able to use 2.7-3GB when they have 4GB installed.
 
Well I will have to get 32 bit anyway coz alot of my games and applications are 32 bit.
 
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