the better choice ased on my hardware

[Loso]

I've been wondering for a long time whether or not I could run Vista 64bit on my computer. my specs are:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Processor

2GB RAM

nvidia GeForce 6600GT graphics card.

Intel K8N-SLI motherboard

If I can, in fact, use 64bit, will it be a better choice than sticking with 32 bit?

* Sorry for the typo in the thread title, I can't fix it now.

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

Could you have a GigaByte GA K8N SLI motherboard? Intel does not make motherboards for AMD Athlon CPUs.

The 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 7 should run on your computer, however, you might want to consider upgrading to at least 4GB of memory. A faster CPU and video card will also improve the performance of the computer, regardless of whether or not you install a 64-bit or 32-bit operating system.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

[Loso]

Hello,

Could you have a GigaByte GA K8N SLI motherboard? Intel does not make motherboards for AMD Athlon CPUs.

The 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 7 should run on your computer, however, you might want to consider upgrading to at least 4GB of memory. A faster CPU and video card will also improve the performance of the computer, regardless of whether or not you install a 64-bit or 32-bit operating system.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

you're right I did mess up there, i can't believe I typed Intel. Thanks for the information, i'll be upgrading my computer soon but I wanted to test out the 64bit Operating System for the time being.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

The minimum spec for a 64-bit Operating Systemsuch as Vista or Windows 7 is 2GB, so I would only make that move unless you have more.

[Subject Delta]

That will run the X64 editions of both Vista and 7 comfortably. And you won't really need more ram just to go X64, whether you need to go to 4GB depends on your config and what you do with my machine.