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Re: Vista Pros and Cons

__/ [ Kelsey Bjarnason ] on Friday 22 December 2006 18:49 \__

> [snips]
> 
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:49:38 -0800, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
> 
>>>> Just wait until you get Aero!  Too bad 32 bit processors can't access
>>>> more than 2 Gig of memory
>>>
>>> Shouldn't that read 4Gig?
>>>
>>>
>> It is possible for a x86-32-bit processor to access 64 GB of memory, but I
>> don't know the details (obviously, it involves paging of some sort).
> 
> Yeah, there are some novel things one can do, but even if one just regards
> the 32-bit single addressing space, it should still be 4 Gigs, not 2.

True. That's what they say...

Testing Vista's different memory configurations 

,----[ Quote ]
| You simply cannot play games on Vista with 512MB o memory, at least not the 
| games wen tested. You will sometimes get playable scores but even then the 
| experience and the load time will be ridiculous.
| 
| Anything more than 512MB will help you a lot, with 2x1GB being the best 
| price performance buy.
| 
| 4x1GB is the best choice for best raw performance. It is hard to prove it
| ^^^^^ 
| in every test, but if you have 2x1GB and you load as much in memory, the 
|                                ^^^^^
| system will become endessly slow.   \______ Ya see? Ya see!!?? 
|                             ^^^^____/
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