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| FooMonk:
It's my understanding that if you run a 32 bit OS, it's still only got a 32 bit address space, so you'll be limited to 4GB of RAM, even though your hardware can handle more. |
| southpaw13:
So lets say you were going to buy a 64 bit OS. What is the best way to go for Mame? XP or Vista? |
| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: FooMonk on November 28, 2007, 05:27:53 pm ---It's my understanding that if you run a 32 bit OS, it's still only got a 32 bit address space, so you'll be limited to 4GB of RAM, even though your hardware can handle more. --- End quote --- Yup. All the limits of the 32 bit OS, with almost no benefits due to the CPU being 64 bit. You do get one (can't find the link on what, a post by R. Belmont IIRC) due to 64 bit, and you get all the other faster CPU stuff, like higher IPS, SSE, ect that modern CPUs have over older 32 bit CPUs. (I'm talking about PCs, here.) --- Quote from: southpaw13 on November 28, 2007, 08:05:35 pm ---So lets say you were going to buy a 64 bit OS. What is the best way to go for Mame? XP or Vista? --- End quote --- Yes. ;D Either those or a 64 linux + sdlmame(64). Just make sure your hardware has drivers for whichever OS you choose. From what I hear, Vista64 is better in general than XP64. However, as a generalization it's not always so; AFAIK, there are some stuff with XP64 drivers and not Vista64 (probably stuff not on the market any more). And with Vista the new OS, XP64 won't get very many new drivers while Vista64 will/should. |
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