Benefits of 64 bit Vista vs 32 bit

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
hftvhftv

hftvhftv

Distinguished
Ambassador
May 26, 2014
966
148
19,390
I have a Dell Dimension E520 that came with a Pentium 4 531, I upgraded it to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 http:// which is also 64 bit, but is it worth upgrading to 64 bit Windows besides the RAM, although I don't even thick the Dell board even supports more than 4GB anyways?
 
Solution
geofelt
Your vista 32 bit license is also good for 64 bit.
But, with only 4gb of ram, I would not try to change.
64 bit windows uses more control block space so you will actually have less useable ram.
And... I don't think I would put more money into such an obsolete pc.
It was great in it's day, but no more.
Sort by date Sort by votes
Entomber

Entomber

Admirable
Apr 21, 2014
2,752
0
7,960
if you aren't going to use more than 4GB of RAM, then you're right in saying there's no point in getting 64bit Windows, but since they're the same price there's also no reason to buy 32bit Windows.

Also please don't get Vista
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
geofelt

geofelt

Titan
Oct 9, 2006
54,346
4,168
174,240
Your vista 32 bit license is also good for 64 bit.
But, with only 4gb of ram, I would not try to change.
64 bit windows uses more control block space so you will actually have less useable ram.
And... I don't think I would put more money into such an obsolete pc.
It was great in it's day, but no more.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
hftvhftv

hftvhftv

Distinguished
Ambassador
May 26, 2014
966
148
19,390


It was $25 for the CPU, so I went ahead and did it, and it's just being used as a daily driver. But if no CPU performance is being gained from 64 bit, I won't bother.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom