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From: James D. Andrews on 2 Apr 2010 13:55 Do I need to use a 64-bit OS with 4GB RAM, or will 32-bit work? I was reading today that the 32-bit will only support 3GB. Don't know how true that is. I suppose it would be nice to know before I go and buy an OS. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Jeff Strickland on 2 Apr 2010 14:06 32-bit is fine. 4G is the max that 32-bit will take, you don't need 64-bit unless you wanted to use higher amounts of RAM. I'm not certain, but I _think_ that your decision to get a 32-bit or 64-bit OS is driven by the motherboard, not the RAM. To be sure, the 32-bit system will not see any more than 4G of RAM, but I'm not sure if this is a constraint of the OS or the hardware, or both. What I'm trying to say is that if you bought a 64-bit OS and put it onto a 32-bit system, you still would not see more than 4Gs of RAM -- which is the part I am not certain about ... Win XP Pro works really well with 4G of RAM. "James D. Andrews" <jamesdandrews(a)att.net> wrote in message news:hp5b6p$2l0i$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > Do I need to use a 64-bit OS with 4GB RAM, or will 32-bit work? I was > reading today that the 32-bit will only support 3GB. Don't know how true > that is. > > I suppose it would be nice to know before I go and buy an OS. > > > > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: JD on 2 Apr 2010 14:38 On 02/04/2010 6:55 PM, James D. Andrews wrote: > Do I need to use a 64-bit OS with 4GB RAM, or will 32-bit work? I was > reading today that the 32-bit will only support 3GB. Don't know how true > that is. > > I suppose it would be nice to know before I go and buy an OS. > > > > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- Your CPU is 64 bit, its a new system it will run x64 no problems, however if you want to run XP 32bit (there is ofcoarse XP x64, but skip that and go to win7 if your going x64) or whatever you can still install your 4gb of ram as it has PAE (Physical Address Extension) however you cannot install any more than 4Gb with a 32 bit OS if you are buying an OS you will probably find that win7 is cheaper than XP, if your buying the full retail version you get both 32 and 64 bit versions (so you could try one out before activating) unfortunatley the OEM versions are ether 32 or 64 bit so you will have to choose. I use the 64 bit version of win7 on my main machine, but have the 32bit version installed on the older machine as there is a driver missing for one of the devices on the NFORCE 4 chipset, both are good. PAE: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx JD
From: sandy58 on 2 Apr 2010 17:36 On Apr 2, 7:55 pm, "James D. Andrews" <jamesdandr...(a)att.net> wrote: > Do I need to use a 64-bit OS with 4GB RAM, or will 32-bit work? I was > reading today that the 32-bit will only support 3GB. Don't know how true > that is. > > I suppose it would be nice to know before I go and buy an OS. > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...(a)netfront.net --- 32-bit won't use 4gb ram. 3gb is about it. 64-bit will use as much as you can get in.
From: Jeff Strickland on 2 Apr 2010 20:12
"sandy58" <aleckie68(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:84997128-2b8c-45dd-a19f-de07cf91fce7(a)10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com... On Apr 2, 7:55 pm, "James D. Andrews" <jamesdandr...(a)att.net> wrote: > Do I need to use a 64-bit OS with 4GB RAM, or will 32-bit work? I was > reading today that the 32-bit will only support 3GB. Don't know how true > that is. > > I suppose it would be nice to know before I go and buy an OS. > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...(a)netfront.net --- 32-bit won't use 4gb ram. 3gb is about it. 64-bit will use as much as you can get in. <JS> I'm using all 4G of RAM in my machine. I have 32-bit XP Pro. </JS> |