The Real 32-bit Vista Sweet Spot.. I recently purchased a new computer designed to allow me to have the highest quality settings and best performance in any game I play. I used to dislike Vista on my old computer because of the hardware requirements for it...

and not even thinkable on our really, really crappy systems. That was with the 32bit Vista too. Over 15% of our apps literally didn't run on Vista 64 (or wouldn't even run on XP 64 for that matter) Enterprises/schools/governments/etc... run far behind...

have Hab, you know the one that hates Vista Full Specs please if you don't mind. Well, you have to consider that core 2 duo system don't really come with that little of ram so it's an older sytem. 4450e AMD setup, 3 gigs of ram with Vista and SP1 why?...

in Vista Ultimate 64 to 8GB and still noticed a difference. A good spot for Vista is 4GB. With all the updates and such, I do not know why people are still using XP. 4gb for vista is a sweet spot, I found quite a difference between 2gb and 4gb. I now have...

The "REAL" price difference between a Phenom 2 and I7 System. 36 dollars. That's not a typo. 36 DOLLARS I7 920 230.00 Gigabyte Mobo - 199.99 Tri Channel 1600 DDR3 = 84.99 Total = 513.99 Now for an Amd P2 X4 System : P2 X4 940 - 229.99...

ram is realy Min amount you should run vista with before you even consider running games or loading boltware norton then you realy need 2gb (3gb is the sweet spot for vista now as it uses 700-800 after desktop has finshed loading compeared to XP 100-200 max)...

true sweet spot. This really should be in the hardware section as overclocking and Vista doesn't really change Vista. Your system is running better, thus Vista will perform better. *duh* :) I know increasing speed means it works better! Point is Vista is...

it all comes down to the hardware question. Is a 1600, or 7300gt or 7600gt with Intel core Duo 2 is enough to get decent gaming experience? Not by hardcore gamers standard I guess, but I would say yes. I agree, 60fps is a sweet spot for gaming. But people...

not necessarily Vista itself. Completely understandable. 1gb looks to be the sweet spot. Next gen OS optimal memory : 1GB I'd say thats pretty good for a next gen OS. Most prebuilt comps are shipping with 1GB memory requirement for vista premium and above...