vinifera Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 currently i'm on win7 32bit with 3.2 GB RAM (4 in reality) and I have 1 GB more lying around is it worth it to jump onto x64 version for 5 GB of RAM or not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TELVM Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Unused RAM is wasted RAM. I'd go x64 or non-capped x86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 and no dl link :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351837 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) 56 minutes ago, vinifera said: and no dl link https://www.raymond.cc/blog/download/did/1849/ Quote Do take note that some antivirus will classify 4GB-RAMPatch.exe as malicious because of what it does, patch system files. These are false positives. Edited May 6, 2016 by 351837 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TELVM Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) If the antivirus positive worries you, or you don't trust patches as a rule, here's how to do it manually: (Google translation): http://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/4-gb-patch-selber-machen.html (original in German): http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/4-gb-patch-selber-machen.html (Incidentally the current user interface of this forum is the most useless thing I've ever seen on the internet) /RANT Edited May 7, 2016 by TELVM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 AV is my last concern my jaws dropped now when I saw OS sees full 5 GB of memory (since I added 1 GB stick more) sjeez god **** microsoft many thanks :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 hmm there is some weird stuff here heh... the OS (32bit) can't fill above 3.68 GB RAM (yes i'm testing its limit now) at least task manager shows as such, then either popup warning gets out or programs crash taskman also reports 75% memory usage, but "commit charge" reports "5075 MB" / 5117 MB used while resource monitor says that used RAM is 3882, and above it can't go so I guess at the end x86 OS even patched can't use these 5 GB :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 ok I won't spam another topic, but few questions of 64bit OS since I have 5 gigs of RAM I'm gonna jump to win7 x64 but: 1. will old games as Diablo 2 work normally ? 2. why does OS have Program Files (x86) when it installs and/or runs 32bit apps NORMAL from ordinary Program Files ??? 3. can I remove Program files (x86) ??? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 10 minutes ago, vinifera said: 2. why does OS have Program Files (x86) when it installs and/or runs 32bit apps NORMAL from ordinary Program Files ??? 3. can I remove Program files (x86) ??? 2. 32bit installations go into Program Files (x86) while 64bit go into Program Files. I don't know why they decided to go this route rather than making the new folder Program Files (x64). 3. Try it and find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 38 minutes ago, Tripredacus said: 2. 32bit installations go into Program Files (x86) while 64bit go into Program Files. I don't know why they decided to go this route rather than making the new folder Program Files (x64). or merge it... btw I F'kin hate this new board style/version, its so messy and hard to use :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnX Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 I haven't had any issues with Windows 7 x64 vs the x86 version, but i do know that the former has better support for newer and more powerful hardware, so that's what I use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 yeh... I became annoyed when ordinary browser eats my whole 3 gig of RAM so if I can stiff to have 5 why not... ill strip x64 to maximum without breaking it and use it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 heres new question regarding visual c++ redists, do i just download and install x64 ones, or both x64 and x86 (coz of games maybe) ??? i'm really confused with this crap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Games usually will install the ones they need by themselves. It really depends on the application, whether both are needed or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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