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    XPS 1730 Vista questions

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by JTI, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. JTI

    JTI Newbie

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    Hello,

    Im running a Duo 2.4 , 2 gigs of ram, Sli 8800s , 120 gig HD with Windows XP 32bit.

    I was looking to buy a 64 Bit OS ( Vista Home or Ultimate ) and 4 gigs of ram.

    Is there a difference between the Vista Home or Ultimate for the average user who plays games? Easy to install on your own, or the same as XP?

    Any anyone know if Vista 64 bit gives anyone any problems with WoW, AOC, CS:S or any of the old Blizzard games. Its pretty much all I play.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    JTI, Jul 2, 2008
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  2. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    jut get vista premium.. no need for anything more imo
     
    zfactor, Jul 2, 2008
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  3. JTI

    JTI Newbie

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    Alright, So Vista Home Premium 64 Bit and
    OCZ PC2-5400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-667 CL5-5-5-15 200PIN SODIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit is what im looking at. This should be no problem for installation in the 1730?
     
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  4. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Vista Home Premium x64 will do the job just fine. I had Ultimate x86 and I really haven't noticed anything that I missed from the change in versions.
     
    atbnet, Jul 2, 2008
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