4 gb ram on 32 bit?

[maniac007]

am planning to buy i3 530 processor. i guess it supports 64 bit windows..

so whats better, a 32 bit operating windows or a 64bit operating windows..
also will a 32 bit windows [xp or seven] be able to recognize 4gb of ram ?

 

[Wolygon]

64 bit operating system all the way...unless your running some weird programs which have big problems with 64

Also the 32 bit OS will only recognize around 3.3GB of RAM.

 

[jsc]

A 32 bit OS can address 4 GB of RAM. The problem is that the OS depends on memory mapped i/o. Any space used for memory mapped i/o comes out of the RAM address space.

Google "memory mapped i/o" for a full explanation.

Windows (all flavors) uses a lot of address space for i/o.

 

[maniac007]

64 bit operating system all the way...unless your running some weird programs which have big problems with 64

Also the 32 bit OS will only recognize around 3.3GB of RAM.

i'll be installing windows 7 ultimate 32 bit.. i've heard that it can use whole 4 gb ram.. is it true?

 

[maniac007]

i'll be running autodesk maya, 3ds max, photoshop cs5..
also can i run 32 bit programme on 64 bit windows

 

[Wolygon]

If you haven't already bought the 32 bit go for 64 bit. 32 bit programs can generally run on 64 bit. Also your running high end programs and you could need even more then 4GB of ram in the future which would not be possible with 32 bit.

 

[maniac007]

Best answer selected by maniac007.

 

[maniac007]

thnx for suggestions guys.. hv gone for 64 bit now..