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Old 03-17-2008, 04:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
cnico88
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Question Is Vista x64 worth the trouble?

So, just a few minutes ago I added two more gigs of ram to my machine totaling a round 4GB. I run Vista Ultimate 32-bit and I am very happy with it because it has drivers for everything I am using and all is stable. Right now Vista recognizes 3.5 GB of all my ram (3583 MB) to be exact. I know x64 Vista will recognize and use all of it, my only concern is lack of support for applications. I did my research and looked for drivers for my hardware and it looks like everything will be supported out of the box. I just want to know if 32-bit applications are still compatible with x64. I know that x64 doesn't run any apps that are 3.1xx but that isn't a concern to me. Thanks for the help guys.
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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3
Hardrive: Seagate 250GB SATA II
Video Card: ATI X1900 GT
RAM: 2GB OCZ Gold and 2GB Corsair XMS 2 PC-6400
Monitor: Acer AL2216W 22" LCD
Speakers: Logitech X-530 5.1 surround
Mouse: Logitech MX 518
Case: Black Midtower with temperature monitor
Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW
Power Supply: 500 Watt
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