I have used XP 32bit for the past 4 years and it has ran flawlessly. I recently purchased a new gaming computer from AVA Direct and had Vista 64bit installed and I have had so many issues that it's really starting to pull me down. Does XP 64bit have the same issues as Vista 64bit? Is the 64bit the problem and not the OS itself? How does Vista 32Bit compare in problems to the 64Bit version? Concerning Ram, I have 4GB and Vista 64Bit sees it all, but I hear that XP 32Bit will not. What about XP64bit and Vista 32bit?
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64Bit The Problem? Or Is It The OS Itself?
- Thread starter Vezra
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Perhaps it would make more sense to describe some of the problems you're having and go from there. I can tell you that XP64bit = terrible idea. 32-bit windows will see 4GB of ram but the benefit of 4GB over 2GB is not that great. Most of the problems I've heard with Vista x64 are related to poor (or non-existent) driver support which only time will make better.
Again, why not describe some of the trouble you're having and perhaps then people can lend a hand.
Again, why not describe some of the trouble you're having and perhaps then people can lend a hand.
I have used XP 32bit for the past 4 years and it has ran flawlessly. I recently purchased a new gaming computer from AVA Direct and had Vista 64bit installed and I have had so many issues that it's really starting to pull me down. Does XP 64bit have the same issues as Vista 64bit? Is the 64bit the problem and not the OS itself? How does Vista 32Bit compare in problems to the 64Bit version? Concerning Ram, I have 4GB and Vista 64Bit sees it all, but I hear that XP 32Bit will not. What about XP64bit and Vista 32bit?
Driver support for XP64 is not nearly as strong as for Vista (either version), so that's one potential hurdle. I'm running both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista right now, and haven't had any non-self-inflicted problems in the past five months (when Creative came out with their first "real" X-Fi drivers in March). The 32-bit version plays a little bit more nicely with some legacy software I've tried running (since, unlike the 64-bit OS, it can handle 16-bit apps), but for anything recent or any games, 64-bit Vista's been fine.
As far as memory goes: 32-bit operating systems can only address 4GB of memory total, including any add-in cards/etc. Thus, you have an effective limit of around 3GB, give or take. You can enable PAE to get around that, but for most the performance cost isn't worth it.
Again, why not describe some of the trouble you're having and perhaps then people can lend a hand.
See http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1220041 for the specific problem that I'd guess is raising this separate-but-related general question.