32-Bit versus 64-Bit

[Jazzmail]

I generally use my computers for games, including not only things like Civ IV but also games such as Fallout 3, the TES series, AoC, etc.

None of these games will support more than 2 GB.

Don't upgrade to Vista yet. Instead wait. Once you upgrade the hardware, get a new rig instead with Vista 64 installed (and the original CD). It's too early.

If you upgrade now you may discover that none of the games you play have improved and that some hardware isn't working because the vendors didn't make 64 bit drivers back then.

 

[Shadylookin]

I have a small problem with my new Inspiron 530 with a pre-installed Linux. Its primary partition takes most of the disk, while the extended partition is only 2 GB (only Linux swap in it). The GNU Gparted doesn't support resizing the extended partition, stopping me from installing new OSes.

why don't you just resize the primary partition with whatever linux distro you're trying to install(all of them come with partition editors)? Either way getting rid of your swap partition to install an OS probably isn't in your best interest anyway.

 

[innonimatu]

Driver support is and has always been very poor for it. Many drivers are/were poorly written and buggy, and a heck of a lot of stuff just isn't supported at all. There's also little future for it, since most companies haven't bothered supporting it since Vista was released.

Software wise it is fine, and every major hardware maker provides drivers for it. I've had no trouble with it, except for an old bt878 TV card, and even that had drivers (though unofficial). Vista, on the other hand, has no drivers for that tuner...

 

[Karl Townsend]

The 32bit Edition of OS's only support up to 3.35?(Check Needed) of ram, it is defintly worth getting if you going above that,

to the person who suggested running though wine , you will get the same results becasue of the system power needed to run it though the specificed arctechture (Spelling)

 

[plarq]

I resized my primary partition, and format new partitions. Am I ready to install 64 bit Linux?

 

[salty mud]

8-bit ftw.