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Timber Loftis · 04-30-2010, 11:31 AM

I spent a lot of time and money trying to keep a "gaming laptop" around. Not worth the hassle. Laptops are not for gaming, get over it.

For the 32 bit vs. 64 bit question, I do not think you'd want to go with 32 bit. 32 bit can't see more memory than ~3.5 gigs. For instance I have 4 gigs in my XP system and it can't see all of it. My understanding is that your biggest issue with Win7 is that it's a RAM hog, so you REALLY REALLY want minimum of 4gigs and preferably 6 or 8 or even more. Now, considering how much RAM you're shooting for, you certainly want a system that can see it.

04-30-2010, 11:31 AM	#16
Timber Loftis 40th Level Warrior Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 11,916	Re: Windows 7 - video cards and games I spent a lot of time and money trying to keep a "gaming laptop" around. Not worth the hassle. Laptops are not for gaming, get over it. For the 32 bit vs. 64 bit question, I do not think you'd want to go with 32 bit. 32 bit can't see more memory than ~3.5 gigs. For instance I have 4 gigs in my XP system and it can't see all of it. My understanding is that your biggest issue with Win7 is that it's a RAM hog, so you REALLY REALLY want minimum of 4gigs and preferably 6 or 8 or even more. Now, considering how much RAM you're shooting for, you certainly want a system that can see it. __________________