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    Will Windows 7 improve gaming on laptops?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by shaknbakenyc, Oct 21, 2009.

  1. shaknbakenyc

    shaknbakenyc Notebook Evangelist

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    I currently have 4GB on my M15x and I was told that Vista 32BIT supports like 2.5 or something?

    Anyways, I was wondering if I got Windows 64 Bit or Windows 7 and put 2x 4GB RAM will that make games run better? Or is it just Windows 7 thats going to take all the memory and I wont notice a difference?
     
    shaknbakenyc, Oct 21, 2009
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Any 32-bit operating system will be limited to under 4 GB of RAM. Any 64-bit operating system does not have this limit.

    If your bottleneck is the amount of RAM you have, then yes, you will notice a difference. Otherwise, it won't make a difference (currently).
     
    Lithus, Oct 21, 2009
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  3. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    if you game uses more then 2 gigs of ram well then you might want to check for a leak.


    But IMO you will not see a boost
     
    The_Moo™, Oct 22, 2009
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