Is Windows Vista 64-bit edition recommended yet?


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You will see a performance drop with anything below 4GB RAM on Vista64 since it uses almost 2GB Ram in general anyway so your pagefile is going to be constantly sent data and read from resulting in sluggishness.

4GB is the minimum for 64bit, above 4GB is recommended to see any benefit.

What? I am running 64bit on my HTPC with 2GB of RAM, and the memory usage is exactly the same as it was with 32bit.

You will see a performance drop with anything below 4GB RAM on Vista64 since it uses almost 2GB Ram in general anyway so your pagefile is going to be constantly sent data and read from resulting in sluggishness.

4GB is the minimum for 64bit, above 4GB is recommended to see any benefit.

This is surely not the case.

Isn't Windows 7 coming out in in two years? I even read it may come out in '09.

It's supposed to replace Vista if I understand it correctly. Maybe it's best to wait, instead of spending the money?

Maybe someone more tech savvy than I will correct me, but as a recent Vista buyer, I'm a little upset that I will have to buy another OS in a year or two.

Isn't Windows 7 coming out in in two years? I even read it may come out in '09.

It's supposed to replace Vista if I understand it correctly. Maybe it's best to wait, instead of spending the money?

Maybe someone more tech savvy than I will correct me, but as a recent Vista buyer, I'm a little upset that I will have to buy another OS in a year or two.

You don't have to buy anything. Not to mention that like XP and Vista, I won't even consider Windows 7 until the first service pack. Vista will do me fine likely until 2009, if not even later. Look how many people still use 98 and XP today.

What? I am running 64bit on my HTPC with 2GB of RAM, and the memory usage is exactly the same as it was with 32bit.

Maybe he means that there is more of a benefit to 64-bit OS when you have 4+ GB of RAM?

Isn't Windows 7 coming out in in two years? I even read it may come out in '09.

It's supposed to replace Vista if I understand it correctly. Maybe it's best to wait, instead of spending the money?

Maybe someone more tech savvy than I will correct me, but as a recent Vista buyer, I'm a little upset that I will have to buy another OS in a year or two.

*cough*why so serious ! *cough*i mean comn not a big deal and waiting for software are *pointless*

there will be always a new windows around the corner

it is like ,

ok i will hold of window x will be here it look great

then delay

it turn out not the way you like

then we hear

"windows x sucks , the promise us y and give us z "

*cough*why so serious ! *cough*i mean comn not a big deal and waiting for software are *pointless*

there will be always a new windows around the corner

Yea, the whole 5+ years of waiting for Vista is an exception, not the rule.

Isn't Windows 7 coming out in in two years? I even read it may come out in '09.

It's supposed to replace Vista if I understand it correctly. Maybe it's best to wait, instead of spending the money?

Maybe someone more tech savvy than I will correct me, but as a recent Vista buyer, I'm a little upset that I will have to buy another OS in a year or two.

But when Windows 8 will be out in 2013. No point upgrading to Windows 7...might as well wait.

Oh, but then Windows 9 will be out in 2016...dang...well, XP will suffice until then~

Just upgrade to Vista, it's worth it :p

EDIT: And I have no doubt that Vista x64 when used on a machine with 2GB RAM is slower than when used on a machine with 4GB RAM. But I never had any issues with it. It always flew, and my idle memory usage was always around 1GB.

Installing the x64 version is worth it, just in case you decide to upgrade to 4GB RAM later. Even if you don't...there's no reason to stick with Vista x86, unless you still use 16 bit apps.

Guys, I have Q9400 with 4GB ram on 32-bit Vista, if I install 64-bit, will I see any difference?

It sounds like you will. I know that the Core 2 Duo is a 64-bit processor, so surely using a 64-bit OS will take better advantage of the powerful hardware you already have.

i'm ready to go to X64 as well, just don't wanna format again so soon lol.

and that 4GB claim is not true man, my cousin has x64 running on 2GB of ram.

Gah mixed messages!

I reinstalled x86 version cause I just installed my new gpu (needs a fresh start)

idk I guess I'll just stick with 32 for now(going to wait a few months to buy some more ram)

I would recommend staying with Vista 32-bit. IMO There is no advantage on switching to a 64-bit platform, yet.

The basic rule is this: 'If you need to ask if you should use Windows Vista 64-bit, then you don't need it.' :)

Alright, I'm going to go for it. I have a friend who's a system builder and he told me he can get me a copy of Vista 64-bit edition for less than the usual retail price. I think it's going to be Ultimate, too, so that's even better. Thanks for all the info.

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