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#1 Mdog333
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which one of the vista's is the best for gaming and will let you run more then 3gb. bc i got xp and only shows 3 gbs when i got 4gigs

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#2 Mdog333
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#3 drkstorm37
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Vista 64 bit will allow you to see over 3gb of ram
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#4 Mdog333
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is vista unlimited the best version?

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#5 drkstorm37
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I am not sure on this, I have vista unlimited but it is pretty much the only version I have used so I have nothing to compair it with
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#6 Mdog333
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how much ram can yours use? is there a cap? bc if not i am getting it thursday. i am a gamer i need my ram lol
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#7 drkstorm37
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I only have 6gb installed right now but I got this information from a website on Vista here it is, I hope this helps

Windows Vista Edition 32-bit (x86)--------Windows 64-bit(x64)
Windows Vista Ultimate 4 GB ------------------128 GB
Windows Vista Enterprise 4 GB-----------------128 GB
Windows Vista Business 4 GB -------------------128 GB
Windows Vista Home Premium 4 GB------------16 GB
Windows Vista Home Basic 4 GB ------------------8 GB
Windows Vista Starter ---1 GB ----------------------N/A


I also noticed that some of my old programs are not 64-bit supported so make sure you can run some programs and you might have to get the drivers for somethings from there websites

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#8 joshuahaveron
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Basically 64 bit editions of any OS can handle lots of RAM, more than anybody could have today, unless they have a massive super computer. You can have 64 bit xp and vista, but xp is a lot smoother and uses a lot less RAM for the kernel (OS). If I were you I wouldn't buy vista and buy windows 7 at the end of the year, vista is very slow and as soon as windows 7 is out will be outdated and you'll need to change again.
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#9 Toribor
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I run Vista Home Premium 32-bit on my personal laptop, and Vista Ultimate 64-bit on my brand new gaming PC I built. If you purchase a (non OEM) license for either home premium or ultimate it will work for both 32-bit and 64-bit. If you have an OEM license you may want to save your money up for Windows 7, since it might run fine for right now. But definitely look at making the switch to 64-bit.