8GB Ram : XP64 or VISTA64?

[Maculosa]

Hi, i will have my new system soon with 8gb of ram.

I'm wondering if i should install XP64 or VISTA64 ? Which one is better for 8gb or either
will be fine ?

Thanks

 

[Brainonska511]

Vista64. Better driver support over XP64.

 

[Maculosa]

Should i go with Home prenium or Ultimate?

 

[Brainonska511]

Do you need the features of Ultimate? Home Premium should be more than enough for most home users.

 

[dguy6789]

Vista Home Premium x64 is my vote.

 

[Modelworks]

What are you doing that would make use of the 8GB ?

 

[Maculosa]

Mainly 3D render, Video editing, Photoshop... This is why Q9650 with 8Gb ram.

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: Maculosa
Mainly 3D render, Video editing, Photoshop... This is why Q9650 with 8Gb ram.

Might want to read the forums over at Cgtalk then.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/

There are issues with almost every program, Max, Avid, Photoshop and vista.
Some are minor like viewports trailing garbage, others are more serious like plugins crashing.
Myself and most people that do 3d use XP x64 for that reason. It's been tested longer and the programs were designed with it in mind. Otherwise vista is fine. Just make sure what you use isn't going to have problems.

 

[brxndxn]

I'd vote XP64..

Though.. I'll admit I'm running Windows 7 on my quad-core laptop at work.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I'd go with Vista64

 

[zerogear]

Unless you need RDP (And if you don't know what that is, you probably won't need it), and BitLocker, there isn't really any reason to use Ultimate.

 

[Genx87]

Vista x64 hands down.

 

[Maculosa]

I think most of the vote goes for Vista64.

But i have a question, 2 years ago we bought a laptop who come with XP also come with a upgrade cd to VISTA... Here i have a cd who is Express "Upgrade for Windows Vista Home prenium" 32Bit vista.... Can i use this cd key to install Vista 64 Home prenium ? will it work?

Thanks

 

[MrColin]

Originally posted by: Maculosa
I think most of the vote goes for Vista64.

But i have a question, 2 years ago we bought a laptop who come with XP also come with a upgrade cd to VISTA... Here i have a cd who is Express "Upgrade for Windows Vista Home prenium" 32Bit vista.... Can i use this cd key to install Vista 64 Home prenium ? will it work?

Thanks

no, that wont work.

 

[Jabbernyx]

Vista x64 by far. Driver support in XP64 is just nasty.

 

[soccerballtux]

8GB of RAM, def Vista for the precaching.

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

Originally posted by: MrColin

Originally posted by: Maculosa
I think most of the vote goes for Vista64.

But i have a question, 2 years ago we bought a laptop who come with XP also come with a upgrade cd to VISTA... Here i have a cd who is Express "Upgrade for Windows Vista Home prenium" 32Bit vista.... Can i use this cd key to install Vista 64 Home prenium ? will it work?

Thanks

no, that wont work.

Maybe I don't understand the original question, but... I had an MSDN freebie copy of 32-bit Vista Business and never installed it. I decided I wanted Vista x64, so I tried using a friend's Ultimate x64 DVD with my Business key and it successfully installed the 64-bit version of the Business Edition. As far as I know, that's perfectly legit. You just need to get your hands on a 64-bit installer and use the key provided with the 32-bit disc. Don't know if the keys are different for "upgrade" copies or if this would work for you.

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: Maculosa
I think most of the vote goes for Vista64.

But i have a question, 2 years ago we bought a laptop who come with XP also come with a upgrade cd to VISTA... Here i have a cd who is Express "Upgrade for Windows Vista Home prenium" 32Bit vista.... Can i use this cd key to install Vista 64 Home prenium ? will it work?

Thanks

Yes it will work just fine. I did the same with a Dell "Express Upgrade Disk". You just have to use an OEM Disk X64 then enter the legit X32 DVD Key when asked during the installation. OEM X32 keys will work fine for OEM X64 installation.

pcgeek11