ASUS M2A-VM-HDMI / Win XP Pro. 64 Bit ?

[teknofix]

Hello, have : ASUS M2A-VM-HDMI Motherboard, and AMD ATHLON X64 3GHz CPU (ADX6000IAA6CZ) NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500GT GRAPHICS CARD Motherboard manual recomends Windows XP or Vista, but DOES NOT State for 32 Bit or 64 Bit ? Would I have any issues installing XP Pro-64 Bit edition ? before I order, I'll appreciate if someone can clearify this and advice me.. Thanks.

 

[Aeradom]

The 64 Bit part has more to do with your processor than your mobo, and because of the X64, it tells you it can run 64 bit OS. I know there is a cap to the amount of RAM with 32 Bit, but not sure what that is... but since your going 64 that shouldn't be an issue anyways.

 

[teknofix]

XP-32 Bit uses only 3.5Gb Ram or less, even you have more.. ( I have 8Gb Ram), whereas, XP-64 Bit uses up to 192Gb.Ram, Therefore I would like to install 64 Bit Version to take full benefit of my total Ram. Mobo.manual recomends to install Xp. but does not state 32 or 64 Bit and the other thing is, can not find reasonably
priced Window XP Professional 64 Bit OS, any recomendation..?