Windows 7 32bit or 64bit

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Last response: August 31, 2010 6:20 PM in Windows 7

Evtrai

August 31, 2010 6:02:27 PM

Hello I have a question if I should upgrade to windows 7 or not with my current system specs and if yes to which version 32 bit or 64 bit, I'm currently using Windows XP 32bit

System specs are the following:

Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, OC @ 2.8Ghz (http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?spec=sla3f)
4GB RAM Corsair DHX 800Mhz
Sapphire ATI 4770 OC @ GPU 830 Mhz and Mem Clock 850 Mhz
Motherboard Asrock G31M-S

Thanks in advance

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sminlal

Windows 7 Authority

August 31, 2010 6:20:40 PM

You have 4GB of RAM, so you should use Windows 7 64-bit.

The 32-bit version of Windows 7 can only access the first 3.5GB or so of RAM depending on your video memory aperture. It will work with 4GB or more of memory, but the RAM beyond ~3.5GB will be wasted.

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das_stig

Windows 7 Expert

August 31, 2010 6:20:58 PM

64-bit.

32-bit is very soon end of life and you will only get to use about 3.5GB of your 4GB of ram, due to limitations

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