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ikem1223
04-22-2008, 03:55 PM
ok everyone is going to laugh but i might get vista, and dual boot it, but it i want to install all my games, can i still go into 64 bit or should i still stay 32 bit?
leoftw
04-22-2008, 04:31 PM
ok everyone is going to laugh but i might get vista, and dual boot it, but it i want to install all my games, can i still go into 64 bit or should i still stay 32 bit?

Yes you can . go 64 if you have 4 gigs though .
ikem1223
04-22-2008, 04:39 PM
yea i have 4 gigs, and i know the whole 32bit 3 gig thing
JMaster299
04-22-2008, 05:47 PM
If you Dual Boot then you have nothing to worry about. You can add Vista with out changing anything in XP. If you end up not liking Vista you just erase the partition. If you are going to go with Vista make sure to go with Ultimate to get the full use out of it. I have included a link that talks about optimizing RAM use in Vista. MS still sets Vista up like you are using it on an older machine. That means it's Page File usage is really high and you don't need that if you have 4GB or more of RAM. Vista is different in it's RAM usage because it will actually reserve a % of your total RAM. XP never used more then the same set amount no matter how much RAM you have.

With Vista, the more RAM installed the more Vista will take up. When you start getting into amounts of 4GB or more you start to get the benefit of of having more RAM then Vista needs so you can reduce it's Page File usage. Since Page File usage use HD space to make up for a lack of RAM, you can reduce it for a performance increase. HD uses moving parts, moving parts slow everything down. The article does talk specifically about using 8GB of RAM but you can follow it's guidelines for reducing the Page File usage to boost the performance in Vista. The article is a few pages long so it may require some reading.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vista-workshop,1775.html
Timmah!
04-22-2008, 06:19 PM
At the risk of insulting your intelligence - be sure to install Vista on a new partition.
BADog
04-22-2008, 10:11 PM
I run Vista Ultimate x64 on a new partition. Get Acronis TrueImage and make exact image copies of the partition. Saves you time re-installing later...just in case.

XP x64 was faster, but I must say that I enjoy Vista. I still code quite a bit and have to have a Vista platform running somewhere in my house. I run other versions of it in VM.