Hi all again
Have a lot of different questions that extends over many forums but dont really know where my item belong, so I post this here and hope for good answers.
1: Going to uppgrade my computer to a Intel Core i7 920 (Bloomfield) and a ASUS x58 LGA 1366 motherboard with tripple channel DDR3 and 16x16x4x PCI-e. Dreaming of not be limited to 3.2 GB RAM. Am curious about Windows 7 64-bit thus it can handle more RAM than my present XP PRO 32-bit. I really whant to buy and play newer games like World Of Warcraft, those newly released Star Wars/Jedi games and games that support Hyper Threading. The big BUT is that I still whant to be able to play older games like Need For Speed Underground 2 (2004), Battlefield 1942 Anthology (2002-2004), Unreal Tournament 2003 and UT 2004. My first question is if I can play those on Windows 7 64-bit at all? I mean, how many PC games made from year 2002 to 2009 is NOT only for the 32-bit market? 5% or? Which 64-bit PC games is out there today that can be used on Win 7 64-bit? Is World Of Warcraft and NFS Shift (Need For Speed Shift) a 64 or 32 game? Can those be played on Win 7 64? If so, why and how? What existing PC games supports Hyper Threading by the way?
2: Is there a way to downgrade Win 7 to 32-bit so I can install and play all my old games but still have more than 3.2 GB RAM pluged in even if I cant use the extra RAMs in that mode? The function XP-Mode does not support artificial/virtual 3D, only 2D 32-bit games and programs can be used with that. Have read about a tool called Virtual Box from Sun Microsystems that does support virtual 3D, but feel somewhat insecure to use it. Does this product really work on Win 7 to create a synthetic/virtual 32-bit XP "OS" without risking multiple crashes and a instable system? Please tell me more you people that in fact does use Virtual Box on Win 7!
3: Even if I already can smell the answer I got to ask if it´s better to install two OS (Win 7 64 and XP 32) on the same computer and disc than use the Virtual Box? Is it possible to have say 6 or 12 GB RAM and install XP as one separate OS thus it only use 3.2 GB, will the computer even start/boot if I do this? Having two OS on the same computer must slow it down badly I guess? This is an item I dont know anything about at all so I´ll be happy if someone can explain in a way a non-expert can understand
4: This is not really a question but more a philosophical reasoning of whats get me both frustrated and dissociated. Cant really understand resellers and Microsoft who says both that I can use almost unlimited amount of RAMs AND in the same time can play the most part of the older games in Windows 7, when they in fact mean the 32-bit version but dont say it loud. It´s the 64-bit that both Microsoft and manufactures are flag-waving with, the one you can have up to 24 GB RAM and possibility to play super-games with. Of course everyone whant that, me too. But I am only super-interested of being able to have more RAM, not Windows 7 itself. If I cant play my games on Win 7 then whats the point of leaveing XP, when neither support more than 3.2 GB RAM? Please try to motivate me and share your own thoughts of this
5: I´m bide my time and waiting until Intel will release more i7 (Bloomfield) processors so the existing ones that now are extremely expensive in time (say after Q1 2010) will be cheaper, but am I might waiting in vain? Do anyone know if Intel is on it´s way to release and shiping newer Core i7 quad in the comming months? Or will they instead focus on i5 (Clarkdale) and CPUs with 6 or 8 cores instead of the i7 I whant to buy?
6: Maybe a stupid question but can XP 32 take advantage of Hyper Threading?
Hope you can give me useful answers and funny facts
/ DT
Have a lot of different questions that extends over many forums but dont really know where my item belong, so I post this here and hope for good answers.
1: Going to uppgrade my computer to a Intel Core i7 920 (Bloomfield) and a ASUS x58 LGA 1366 motherboard with tripple channel DDR3 and 16x16x4x PCI-e. Dreaming of not be limited to 3.2 GB RAM. Am curious about Windows 7 64-bit thus it can handle more RAM than my present XP PRO 32-bit. I really whant to buy and play newer games like World Of Warcraft, those newly released Star Wars/Jedi games and games that support Hyper Threading. The big BUT is that I still whant to be able to play older games like Need For Speed Underground 2 (2004), Battlefield 1942 Anthology (2002-2004), Unreal Tournament 2003 and UT 2004. My first question is if I can play those on Windows 7 64-bit at all? I mean, how many PC games made from year 2002 to 2009 is NOT only for the 32-bit market? 5% or? Which 64-bit PC games is out there today that can be used on Win 7 64-bit? Is World Of Warcraft and NFS Shift (Need For Speed Shift) a 64 or 32 game? Can those be played on Win 7 64? If so, why and how? What existing PC games supports Hyper Threading by the way?
2: Is there a way to downgrade Win 7 to 32-bit so I can install and play all my old games but still have more than 3.2 GB RAM pluged in even if I cant use the extra RAMs in that mode? The function XP-Mode does not support artificial/virtual 3D, only 2D 32-bit games and programs can be used with that. Have read about a tool called Virtual Box from Sun Microsystems that does support virtual 3D, but feel somewhat insecure to use it. Does this product really work on Win 7 to create a synthetic/virtual 32-bit XP "OS" without risking multiple crashes and a instable system? Please tell me more you people that in fact does use Virtual Box on Win 7!
3: Even if I already can smell the answer I got to ask if it´s better to install two OS (Win 7 64 and XP 32) on the same computer and disc than use the Virtual Box? Is it possible to have say 6 or 12 GB RAM and install XP as one separate OS thus it only use 3.2 GB, will the computer even start/boot if I do this? Having two OS on the same computer must slow it down badly I guess? This is an item I dont know anything about at all so I´ll be happy if someone can explain in a way a non-expert can understand
4: This is not really a question but more a philosophical reasoning of whats get me both frustrated and dissociated. Cant really understand resellers and Microsoft who says both that I can use almost unlimited amount of RAMs AND in the same time can play the most part of the older games in Windows 7, when they in fact mean the 32-bit version but dont say it loud. It´s the 64-bit that both Microsoft and manufactures are flag-waving with, the one you can have up to 24 GB RAM and possibility to play super-games with. Of course everyone whant that, me too. But I am only super-interested of being able to have more RAM, not Windows 7 itself. If I cant play my games on Win 7 then whats the point of leaveing XP, when neither support more than 3.2 GB RAM? Please try to motivate me and share your own thoughts of this
5: I´m bide my time and waiting until Intel will release more i7 (Bloomfield) processors so the existing ones that now are extremely expensive in time (say after Q1 2010) will be cheaper, but am I might waiting in vain? Do anyone know if Intel is on it´s way to release and shiping newer Core i7 quad in the comming months? Or will they instead focus on i5 (Clarkdale) and CPUs with 6 or 8 cores instead of the i7 I whant to buy?
6: Maybe a stupid question but can XP 32 take advantage of Hyper Threading?
Hope you can give me useful answers and funny facts
/ DT