Vista - 32 vs 64 bit gaming Increase my fps?

Hello,

That darn 32 vs 64. I currently have a 32 bit computer with the specs of...
---4Gb Ram---Nvida 8700 512mb---Core 2 Duo T9300 2.50Ghz---

Would/could i get better fps or even a quicker computer by installing Vista as 64bit?

I read somewhere that all 4gb is being used but its just not adressed by windows? or something to that effect

Thanks Much!

its not , 32bit cant utilise 4 gig its a limitation of the OS (cue the PAE posts ) , that said the extra 500mb a 64 bit install could use wont improve your performance one bit mate , however a 64 bit game on a 64 bit machine is differant altogether , for example Crysis in 64 bit mode runs a good 15 fps faster on my rig than the 32bit one and you may even find your operating system whizzes along alot smoother

If you up to 64 bit then your prolly going to want to get more RAM to go along with it, I just got paid yesterday and bought vista home premium x64 and another 4 GB of RAM so I'll have a total of 8GB.

Of course you should first check out some of the specs of your hardware, does your motherboard support x64? does your vid card support it? something you need to know before you rush into getting it and then find out you cant use it.

Its a laptop. 4 is max.

technically vista 32 should be able to use 4 gigs because 32 bit OS's can address 2^32 bytes or 4.29 GB but for some reason windows wont let you use it

and yes 64 bit will increase fps in MODERN games that actually support 64 bit (instead of running in 32 bit compatibility mode)

vista such a hog that 3 gigs really isnt enough

it cant use 4gb of ram , its a limitation of any 32 bit operating system , you need 32 bits off addres bus to utilise 4092mb of ram , thats all ok if you want a computer that is JUST ram , but if you want a GPU and maybe erm...........a soundcard then your screwed

also 3 gig should be ok and vista isnt a memory hog , i ran and gamed on Vista before any service packs with only 2 gig of ram , sure now i have 4 the os zipps along a bit nicer but thats it , and the differance between 3 and 4 ingame is negligable

I would say yes, install a x64 O/S. there are more & more x64 apps becoming available, like winrar, perform a lot better in a native x64 environment. also i notice on my pc that crysis runs smoother.

Your 32 bit O/S can only use 4gb, that includes video card ram as well. So if you have the 4870x2, your o/s is only going to see 2gb of ram because the card has 2gb on it.

So even for us gamers, 64 bit is going to become necessery when we need bigger & better gfx cards because 2gb of ram just wont cut it in a year or two. And if game companies want to advance beyond the current generation & make bigger, better looking games, they are going to have no choice but to switch to a native x64 version

ahh thank you for clearing that up, i never really knew why they couldn't use 4

and vista is a huge hog, my sisters laptop has 4gigs of ram and it uses 1.5 at idle (ive disabled ALOT of crap too), if thats not hogging ram i dont know what is

i'd be so bold to say the computers at my school (2.8 P4, 1gig ram, 32 bit win xp) are faster than that POS with an awesome 2.1 athlon X2

but this is not a debate site so if you want to debate it more email me at luke.904@hotmail.com

i admit that 3 gigs should be enough though for vista gaming

do your research Luke , vista doesnt hog memory , the more you have the more it will use to help th os run faster , it will be released by the the os as and when its needed

If you have 2 gig off RAM with vista, will use 1600-1800mb with no open programs, and if you have 4gb off RAM it will use 2200mb off RAM so the more ram you have the more RAM will be wasted on windows.

But yes you will get better gaming performance.