
15-04-2008, 19:57
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Jim Zondag is my Spirit Animal
 FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Manchester, Connecticut
Posts: 7,003
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Re: computer build for CAD use (and games)
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Originally Posted by EHaskins
It's true that to get full use of 4gb of RAM you need a 64 bit machine.
As for campatibility, In December I built a Core2 Quad(Q6600) machine with 4gb of RAM, running Vista Ultimate x64, and I've had no issues running x86 applications. There are some apps which have install issues, but that's due to the mfg, not Vista x64.
EDIT: Just so no one yells, XP x64 had issues early on, but the Vista x64 release has been relitivily stable.
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Thanks for clarifying. I haven't dual booted with x64 since it came out so idk how much better it got. 
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