Gaming 64bit

[shamiko_]

so i current own a Lenovo y410a notebook. i looked up intels website and discovered i can use a 64bit version of windows 7.
i know that you need at least 4gb of ram to take full advantage of the windows memory managment, but i read the dolphin runs better with 64 bit.


so should i upgrde??

 

[Matthew]

If you don't have windows 7 AND you have at least 4GB of RAM do it. Else I wouldn't bother. It being 64bit shouldn't affect Dolphin unless you have over 4GB of RAM

 

[Pyrmon]

You don't need 4gb of RAM to take advantage of a 64-bit OS. When an OS is in 64-bit, there is improvement in how the system manages memory. And if Dolphin is optimized for 64-bit(which I don't know, never have used it), then it will run faster and better. You should upgrade, that's my opinion, for what it's worth.

 

[shamiko_]

oo then i want to dual-boot both 32bit and 64bit would it be possible?

 

[Deleted User]

oo then i want to dual-boot both 32bit and 64bit would it be possible?

Why would you want to do that? It seems really redundant.

 

[Pyrmon]

Dual-booting two windows installations serves absolutely no purpose(unless they're different vesions of windows). You either go 32-bit or 64-bit. But 64-bit is better and it doesn't cost anything.

 

[shamiko_]

im doing that becuase i have some stuff on the PC that i'll use, and since i share this PC with my parents

 

[Pyrmon]

Back up your stuff and ask your parents if you can make the computer a bit faster.
Or stay in 32-bit. Take your pick.

 

[Westside]

You don't need 4gb of RAM to take advantage of a 64-bit OS. When an OS is in 64-bit, there is improvement in how the system manages memory. And if Dolphin is optimized for 64-bit(which I don't know, never have used it), then it will run faster and better. You should upgrade, that's my opinion, for what it's worth.

Exactly, 64 bit allows higher amount of memory addressed making it able to do more at once.

 

[shamiko_]

Back up your stuff and ask your parents if you can make the computer a bit faster.
Or stay in 32-bit. Take your pick.

im also doing a dual-boot just to make sure all the drivers work and all

 

[Originality]

Driver issues should have long since been fixed for Windows 7. The only device that doesn't work on 7 that I know of, is my old ClickSmart webcam.