[simpits-tech] building an FSX machine

[Ido Dekkers]

if you want to take full advantage of more then 3GB of memory you need
to install the 64bit version of windows.
the 32bit version can't handle more then 3(.2GB).

Ido

On Nov 15, 2007 5:23 AM, Justin Messenger <jjmessenger at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Alan, maybe I need to refrase my statement about the
> memory in my PC, I installed 4 gig but the system only
> sees 3. Windows is running on a fraction of that. When
> Vista is doing something it shows that it is using
> little of the memery and the CPU. I think the issue
> with my system is that Vista does not seem to like my
> Radeon 1650 video card (in particular ATI's software
> for it) which I plan to replace. My CPU is an AMD
> Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 6000+ 3GHz
>
> FYI, the guys at EPIC just told us that their tests
> show that FSX runs best in Vista home premium 32 bit.
>
>
> >That seems to be running like a hog. I'm guessing
> that
> >the Vista overhead really bogs things down in 32 bit.
> >I can only comment that my system runs very nicely
> >without many problems.
>
>
>
>
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