Can U use 4GB Of RAM in Windows XP

[SystemViper]

I am running XP Pro 64bit which is really server 2003...
Very sweet., i love it, i will wait a little longer for vista,

 

[PP Mguire]

Turn off Remote Differential Compression in Vista and transfer rates will be the same if not faster than XP. Im getting a transfer rate of about 12-15mb/s on a 10/100 network and double that on Gigabit with Ultimate x86 SP1. RDC is meant to limit the use of bandwidth on your network and why its on by default is beyond me.

 

[X-Terminator]

I want to thank everyone for your help I will try Vista 64-Bit since i never tried 64-bit (only 32-bit).

 

[romboi99]

lol im running Vista Ultimate x64 skinned , it has no themes no nothing its kicks ass in games like crisis that require dx10 but i use Winxp for everyday shit like watching/recording tv doing homework reading this forum, running dx9 games.... bbhla blah

 

[X-Terminator]

Turn off Remote Differential Compression in Vista and transfer rates will be the same if not faster than XP. Im getting a transfer rate of about 12-15mb/s on a 10/100 network and double that on Gigabit with Ultimate x86 SP1. RDC is meant to limit the use of bandwidth on your network and why its on by default is beyond me.

I am checking on my son's computer right now and will let you know what happen thanks, this is the first reason i heard of for Vista transfer rate problems

 

[mullered07]

Turn off Remote Differential Compression in Vista and transfer rates will be the same if not faster than XP. Im getting a transfer rate of about 12-15mb/s on a 10/100 network and double that on Gigabit with Ultimate x86 SP1. RDC is meant to limit the use of bandwidth on your network and why its on by default is beyond me.

care to enlighten us how to do that, ive never even heard of it before, although dont spend any time transferring files over networks (unless you count downloading porn) so it might not be applicable to me, all i know is my comp kicks ass with vista and they go together like peas and carrots like a famous american once said lol

 

[PP Mguire]

See here ya go.
Bout as fast as youll get on a 10/100 network

Control panel / programs features / turn windows features on-off / click the box off for RDC

 

[DrPepper]

I'm trying vista x64 and no incompatibilities and I can use all 4gb of RAM home basic OEM is about £60 from overclockers UK

 

[romboi99]

lol i personally think vista sucks balls, nothing compares to good old winxp for internet surfing playing dx9 games, video encoding/decoding, watching porn lol, transferring stuff and other everyday computing stuff

thats why i skinned my vista ultimate x64 with vlite and removed skins and all networking services ....well basically everythink and turned the vista ultimate into a gaming edition i get double frame rates in crysis

 

[DrPepper]

lol i personally think vista sucks balls, nothing compares to good old winxp for internet surfing playing dx9 games, video encoding/decoding, watching porn lol, transferring stuff and other everyday computing stuff

thats why i skinned my vista ultimate x64 with vlite and removed skins and all networking services ....well basically everythink and turned the vista ultimate into a gaming edition i get double frame rates in crysis

I run home basic and I didn't find a fps difference in any games even when disabling services I dunno why people are convinced it is slow.

 

[PP Mguire]

Ugh to many people on this thread.

Its been found that you get wierd problems with certain things when slimming Vista down and usualy it goes faster when you keep everything in tact and just disable things from inside Windows.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I run home basic and I didn't find a fps difference in any games even when disabling services I dunno why people are convinced it is slow.

Because they would rather believe every bad thing they hear about instead of actually trying it out for themselves. I have been using Vista for about a year and a half now and I coudlnt be happier. No program incompatibilities here.

 

[PP Mguire]

I have to admit i used to bash Vista to an extent but what i said was true. If you dont have 3gig, 8000sereies video card (or comparible) youll lose ALOT of performance in Vista. Ima big time gamer so performance was neccesary. I used XP with SLI 7950GTs up until i fried one. XFX sent me an 8800GS back and next thing i know im playing in DX10 goodness and wont go back to XP. The things i hate about it are still there but ive gotten around them. Btw im running x86. I cant use x64 cause of my controller.

 

[DrPepper]

I have to admit i used to bash Vista to an extent but what i said was true. If you dont have 3gig, 8000sereies video card (or comparible) youll lose ALOT of performance in Vista. Ima big time gamer so performance was neccesary. I used XP with SLI 7950GTs up until i fried one. XFX sent me an 8800GS back and next thing i know im playing in DX10 goodness and wont go back to XP. The things i hate about it are still there but ive gotten around them. Btw im running x86. I cant use x64 cause of my controller.

Sorry but I have to object once again My laptop a single core celeron at 1.7ghz, 512mb of ram and onboard gfx run vista quite well.

 

[PP Mguire]

Im speaking from a high performance gaming perspective.

 

[Kursah]

PP_Macguire, I just transferred a 1GB file to my G/F's rig, also on Vista X64, we're both connected via CAT5e cables to our router, it was averaging 11-12MB/s. This is before disabling RDC, but I am going to disable it and see if it goes much beyond that. I can't really complain with file transfers as-is, but I suppose even an extra 1MB/s wouldn't hurt!

 

[PP Mguire]

When you transferd the whole thing? With RDC on while transfering the 6gig Crysis ISO to my dads machine (10/100) it will slow down about the 1/4 mark to about 6mb/s. That is just unacceptable for me.

 

[DrPepper]

Im speaking from a high performance gaming perspective.

Even so Athlon X2 4200, MSI K9N Neo V3 and 3gb of OEM ram with a 3450 still plays games quite well for me, Well its my little bro's pc but I use it for Lans.

 

[X-Terminator]

When you transferd the whole thing? With RDC on while transfering the 6gig Crysis ISO to my dads machine (10/100) it will slow down about the 1/4 mark to about 6mb/s. That is just unacceptable for me.

This is what i am talking about Thank You

 

[PP Mguire]

Please read what i said. 3gig, 8000 series or comparible, and i forgot to put dual core and it will run fine games wise. Im running X2 4200+, 8800GS, and 3gig DDR400 and x86 runs quite smooth for me even playing DX10 games. But when i was running SLI 7950GTs id take about a 10-15fps hit. No im not kidding.

Also X-Terminator a file transfer to a mid range laptop will usualy be slower becasue then your transfer speeds are bogged down by a 5400RPM drive. Usualy anyways. I know when copying files over the 10/100 to my laptop its real slow due to my slow 5400rpm drive.

 

[DrPepper]

a 3450 is kinda comparable to a mid end 7 series except can do dx10

 

[muon]

thats why i skinned my vista ultimate x64 with vlite and removed skins and all networking services ....well basically everythink and turned the vista ultimate into a gaming edition i get double frame rates in crysis

Either you were using 1GB of RAM and you simply freed up RAM in which case it was your fault. Or youre a liar. You cannot double framerates by simply turning services off.

XP doesnt even have anything close to double the framerates of Vista. Youre suggesting that youve got Vista to perform significantly better than XP in Crysis. right...

As far as file transfer across droves go, after SP1 I can transfer files faster than XP.

 

[PP Mguire]

On here ive seen the 3450s do some good things performance wise though. I had both my 7950GTs OCed to beyond 7900GTX spec and id take a huge hit in Vista. And with DX9 cards theres really no reason to run Vista. So naturaly XP was my choice. Now that i have a single good card Vista runs awesome for me. Id rather use XP but oh well. I like DX10 to much. Ive just learned to get around Vistas quirks.

Also, heres a "review" showing why it seems like XP is faster. Hope this explains some things a bit.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1338

 

[DrPepper]

On here ive seen the 3450s do some good things performance wise though. I had both my 7950GTs OCed to beyond 7900GTX spec and id take a huge hit in Vista. And with DX9 cards theres really no reason to run Vista. So naturaly XP was my choice. Now that i have a single good card Vista runs awesome for me. Id rather use XP but oh well. I like DX10 to much. Ive just learned to get around Vistas quirks.

I know I don't think I would use vista with a dx9 card either Actualy that 3450 is really good, It plays all the games I want without having to lug a Huge full tower case about.

 

[mullered07]

I have to admit i used to bash Vista to an extent but what i said was true. If you dont have 3gig, 8000sereies video card (or comparible) youll lose ALOT of performance in Vista. Ima big time gamer so performance was neccesary. I used XP with SLI 7950GTs up until i fried one. XFX sent me an 8800GS back and next thing i know im playing in DX10 goodness and wont go back to XP. The things i hate about it are still there but ive gotten around them. Btw im running x86. I cant use x64 cause of my controller.

what controller is that afaik if you have a 64bit proc you can run vista, or do you mean a raid controller x64 has no drivers for ? you really should clarify