Non Friday 2010-04-15 Development Update :)

[genbrien]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Because is we have the OS at home, why would we want to spend extra money on a new one? When I bought my laptop, the 64 bit version was a fair-amount more expensive.

I just checked 5mins ago, and 64bit is 3$ more than 32bit......
I'm not saying that you must upgrade to get 64bit, but if you upgrade.... why still chose 32bit.... non sense to me

[Novotny]

It's a fair point though - why buy Windows 7 32bit? I don't know.

[zauii]

Big deal? 64 vs 32 bit performance wise isn't anything to cheer about anyway.

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by zauii

big deal? 64 vs 32 bit performance wise isn't anything to cheer about anyway.

ram?

[zauii]

Originally Posted by TheGrunch

ram?

Sure , yet no game(s) really benefits from 3+ gig ram in any significant way.

[Stranzki]

Originally Posted by zauii

Sure , yet no game(s) really benefits from 3+ gig ram in any significant way.

Although a little bit extreme, Metro 2033 recommends 8gig ram. Normally you keep your O/S some time, so you must think of the requirements games will have in 1-2 years.

[ZaltysZ]

Originally Posted by zauii

Sure , yet no game(s) really benefits from 3+ gig ram in any significant way.

DCS: BS, FC2 can use up to 4GB on x64 OS, because they are "Large address aware". Also, if I recall correctly, FSX SP2 is in the same group too.

[genbrien]

Originally Posted by zauii

Sure , yet no game(s) really benefits from 3+ gig ram in any significant way.

you know that the graphical memory in your graphic card is share with your RAM......

so if you have 3gb of ram and and a graphic card with 1gb with a 32bit OS, you wont have acces to all your memory.

[zauii]

Yes we're talking extreme cases once again, but sure Crysis and Metro are rare but very beautiful and demanding games developed with the future in mind.

Most games are developed for the 360,Ps3 as a lead platform hence the slow development of requirements within PC gaming. 4870x2 with 2GB runs both Crysis and Metro smooth on highest on a 32 bit system without any problem.(tried yes)
Whilst you will obviously benefit if the game supports more, once again as i said to no significant extent yet, maybe with Olegs sim or future games but truth to be told 90% of the games rarely require or demand more than 2gb.
Add a very good processor and a good GPU on top of those two gb of ram and it will run just fine on highest settings with a little longer loading times.

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Originally Posted by zauii

Big deal? 64 vs 32 bit performance wise isn't anything to cheer about anyway.

Correct, when it comes to current 32bit applications running on them. When 32bit is done away with and programs and games start coming out in native 64bit there will be a difference. It's the needless hanging on to 32bit OS that is slowing down the 64bit software advancement. I think windows 7 should have been 64bit only. Hopefully the next version of windows will finally kill 32bit.