win 7 pro 32bit or 64bit for gaming rig build

[blackwaterxe7]

Windows 7 pro 32bit or 64bit for a new gaming rig build, and why?........anyone?

[Makena]

Any new gaming build will have 8+ GB of ram, so you need 64bit to make use of all of that.

So you want win7 64bit

(Also Home is fine unless you specifically want one of the features pro has that home doesn't. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/wind ... ts/compare)

[Auld]

Why would you build a 64-bit box and install a 32-bit OS on it?

[Dinwiddie]

32bit - no,no,no Well, unless you are going to play Bejeweled, Murder Mysteries, Seven Wonders and the like.
32bit is old hat, yesterday, the day before, years ago, ancient history in PC gaming time.

[The Null]

x64... just so much ram

[CrazyMonkey]

Genuine Windows(R) 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit (English)

from here: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=195830

not sure why you're asking about 32bit now

[Dinwiddie]

Interesting - From the same thread .

I have not kept up with all the computer blah blah, and to be honest am sick about having to read up on this ever changing garbage all the time...........thus im thinking about the above dell as a "reasonable" gaming rig.

Hmmm , Maybe a console would be more suitable ? No "ever changing garbage" issues.
Just pop in a disk and play away.
Honestly, gaming PC's require a bit of dedication.

[blackwaterxe7]

actually I am planning to come back to pc gaming from xbox console........I was pc gaming most likely when most still had nappies........ .........I was building my own rigs when counter strike and team fortress first statered up and still have a very old steam account, but with the likes of various mod games like gary's mod DayZ and the fact that gaming with a mouse is way better, and now ssd drives im looking at coming back.

anyway seems like the 64bit version is the way to go.....thanks


will most some more stupid questions soon as i work out my rig build

[ChainsawMcP]

I was pc gaming most likely when most still had nappies........ .........I was building my own rigs when counter strike and team fortress first statered up and still have a very old steam account

That's the sort of statement that will get some of us REAL old timers started up... Some of us remember having different start-up discs for different games... because some games would work with particular memory managers and others wouldn't.

Some of us played Half-life when it was still set in the future.


But the important bit... Go 64bit - but don't choose Pro over Premium - There's a $200* price difference for stuff you won't use or can get for free.

WIn XP mode - just download VMWare for free - and create a virtual of your existing machine before you upgrade
Domain join - not really what Games machines do... ...
Backup - plenty of free progs out there


*The $200 price difference is direct from MS - I know the prices are different on the street...

[Dinwiddie]

actually I am planning to come back to pc gaming from xbox console........I was pc gaming most likely when most still had nappies........ .....

Well then! welcome back to "real" gaming young fella....
For me it was different. Started on the Nintendo Entertainment in '90 ( @44 ) and didn't 'graduate' to PC gaming
until '02-'03. PS2 games on the telly weren't clear enough anymore.

WIn XP mode - just download VMWare for free

Especially as XP MODE does not work with 3D games . It only works for legacy business/professional applications.

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[blackwaterxe7]

hahaha...............I guess you might remember the Dicksmith Sorcerrer and Tandy Trs 80.................buy hey I was playing video games before even those game out.... They had these black and white video games machines which woolies used to sell way before the Sorcerrer or trs80..........no disks, no nothing, was just switch selectable, tennis game or shoot game, and game with a gun..........but have played video game even way before that at a airport which had a black and white tennis games machine which cost 20 cents to play

Yes and half life.........they were truly the exciting days of gaming

[nudge]

Haha, I had forgotten all about start up disks till I read this thread... that takes me back.

[DXPetti]

That's the sort of statement that will get some of us REAL old timers started up... Some of us remember having different start-up discs for different games... because some games would work with particular memory managers and others wouldn't.

EMM386 and HIMEM.SYS ...dat nostelgia

[Dinwiddie]

but have played video game even way before that at a airport which had a black and white tennis games machine which cost 20 cents to play

Oh yeah! Pub Pong, Astroids, and other arcade favs where where it all really started for me too.
And those early hand held games too. I remember my brother having a hand held gridiron football video game early eighties.

[Bato]

Why would you build a 64-bit box and install a 32-bit OS on it?

The only reason I would see would be fore those old win95 16bits games.

But for that you might just as well either find the DOS/ScummVM version or build another machine for the off chance you'd play the game.