New PC for War

[Wazdakka]

Ultimate also comes in 32 bit. Here is what i meant: An ultimate disk has everything you need to install any version of Vista in either 32 or 64 bit, so if you know a friend with Ultimate you could use their disk and input any valid Vista code and get your choice of 32 or 64 bit. Otherwise you need to get a special disk with a 64-bit version of vista on it, which you can order from Microsoft. I'm kinda sorry i mentioned ultimate at all, I just thought it might be convenient if you could borrow someone's disk.

[Gwiragan]

If you look at Sysinfo (Accessories, System tools) you can see what Windows is actually "seeing" in terms of memory. For instance, I have a 4GB Vista 32 system but Windows when fully loaded only reports 3.3 GB in sysinfo. The other .7GB is being reserved by device memory addressing making it unavailable to the OS itself. As mentioned, vidcards are the biggest culprit as it reserves addressing in the OS for it's own memory. Thus my 512mb card snags 512mb of memory addresses.

Is it a thing? Naww. Not really. But if you're wanting to add 8GB to 12GB in the future, you'll have to plan on upgrading to a 64bit OS. Certainly not anything you're going to have to do right now.

If you really want to delve it, you can use freeware tools like Meminfo to really prowl around in the guts of your memory addressing.

[Gwaar]

Thanks for the great information, i went to the systeminfo and it shows the ram as 4mb when i go to the computer properties.

[Aoann]

I thought there was something I had adjusted on my card for playing DAoC.

[Jalec]

Vista shows proper sizes but gwir is right it does not address about 3.2 or so. Ive seen xp show 3.75 but was skeptical.

[Gwaar]

Ahh great info here thank you! i will be calling dell on monday to see if i cannot persuade them to send me the correct copy of vista that should be installed for the specifications i have suggested by Dall

[Dall dies to much]

check your invoice and check yoru order on their website... it honeslty might be vista 64.

if dell gives you the run around... try contacting microsoft, you might be able to get the vista 64 OEM disk from them for like 6 bucks.

I know some that have done this, just need to prove you have a legal copy of vista 32

[Aoann]

1 Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-US-BA-WOPSU Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail $59.99

1 SAMSUNG 941BW Black 19" 4ms (GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

1 Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard - Retail $44.99

1 Microsoft C6W-00001 Silver/Black 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Laser Mouse 6000 - Retail $17.99

1 LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM write and LightScribe Technology Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model LH-20A1H-185 - OEM $33.99

1 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $66.99

1 ASUS EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported HDCP Video Card - Retail $304.99

1 DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $168.99

1 Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply - Retail $64.99

1 CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1G 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - Retail $144.00

1 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO4800DDBOX - Retail

Can easily pop in 2 more gigs or upgrade to vista. (my current rig)

the case is kind of cool

[Wazdakka]

Ahh. I guess I am dense. If you just want to see whether you already have 64 bit vista, go to start, right click on "my computer" and look at "properties." It tells you there.