I currently have a computer with 4gb of ram and windows xp pro as the OS. As far as I can tell, I won't be able to squeeze out more than 3gb of usable ram in that setup. My other obvious option (the cpu is Core 2) is to install Vista 64bit. That should get me the full 4gb, but with the talk of the memory overhead of Vista, could I be better off just taking the 3gb in XP? There are a lot of performance benchmarks for Vista, but I haven't been able to find any that show how much more memory Vista uses than XP.
On a side note, how's driver support for Vista 64bit these days?
I use the computer for a moderate amount of gaming, some 3D graphics programming, and I run virtual machines for various purposes (testing, server, etc).
Thanks for any info.
On a side note, how's driver support for Vista 64bit these days?
I use the computer for a moderate amount of gaming, some 3D graphics programming, and I run virtual machines for various purposes (testing, server, etc).
Thanks for any info.
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