If it is 64bit you shoudnt need any more ram then a 32 bit version. 64bit is a bit step up from 32bit, it is much faster and handels data much better. If anything you will need less ram.
Delta that is false. Yes the cpu can handle twice the data but your cpu does not dictate how much ram is used. If a cpu becomes faster all it means is it will end up waiting for the ram to give it data or wait for the ram to take the data. I don't know where you get that it will use more ram. The amount of ram used is dictated soley by what the hard disk puts into it. At bootup maybe 2 megs of ram is used, then as you see that Windows splash screen with the little blue bar moving that is where the OS is getting fed into the system ram(XP uses about 256 megs of ram). Then whatever else you want to run, say a game. May use 600 megs of ram. What 64bit means is a cpu can handle much more data faster, a cpu is like a network router it send the data where it needs to go. I would rather have faster ram more than more ram because thwe faster ram can keep up with the cpu's requests. The cpu only puts in what it needs/can put in. The ONLY reason we need more ram is our programs get larger, our game suse better bigger textures and engines. Our OS is filled with new features all this needs to go into the ram, a cpu does not say how much ram is needed. BTW 64bit has ended the 4 gig memory limit and the max amount of memory allowable now is I think unknown. It is a large amount though.
Delta that is false. Yes the cpu can handle twice the data but your cpu does not dictate how much ram is used. If a cpu becomes faster all it means is it will end up waiting for the ram to give it data or wait for the ram to take the data. I don't know where you get that it will use more ram. The amount of ram used is dictated soley by what the hard disk puts into it. At bootup maybe 2 megs of ram is used, then as you see that Windows splash screen with the little blue bar moving that is where the OS is getting fed into the system ram(XP uses about 256 megs of ram). Then whatever else you want to run, say a game. May use 600 megs of ram. What 64bit means is a cpu can handle much more data faster, a cpu is like a network router it send the data where it needs to go. I would rather have faster ram more than more ram because thwe faster ram can keep up with the cpu's requests. The cpu only puts in what it needs/can put in. The ONLY reason we need more ram is our programs get larger, our game suse better bigger textures and engines. Our OS is filled with new features all this needs to go into the ram, a cpu does not say how much ram is needed. BTW 64bit has ended the 4 gig memory limit and the max amount of memory allowable now is I think unknown. It is a large amount though.
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