overclocked_enthusiasm
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Hello all. After doing a cheap upgrade on my old gaming rig (used cpu/ram), I ran into an issue and not sure what to do. I want to upgrade from DX 9 to DX 10/11 and wonder if it makes sense. My issue is this...I have 2 Dimms broken on my Asus P5E mobo so I am capped at 4 GB TOTAL ram. If I had 8 GBs available it would certainly be 64 bit OS upgrade time.
~ Currently XP 32 Pro
~ Overclocked Q9650 to 3.825 GHz
~ Overclocked GTX 470 823/1880
~ 4 GB G.Skill ram rated 1066 MHz 5-5-5-15 running at 850 MHz 4-4-4-12
~ 3dmark06 22,000
~ Heaven (high/DX9/no AA) 875
I want to give this rig to my son and need to know if I would see a noticeable improvement in doing the following:
1. Windows 7 32 bit (to utilize DX10/11)
2. Windows 7 64 bit (noticeable improvement from 32 bit or will my cap of 4GB ram hurt me?)
3. Windows 8 32 bit & 64 bit (same questions)
Any suggestions since I am capped at 4GB ram? Stay XP or go with Windows 7 32/64 or Windows 8 32/64?
Thanks in advance!
~ Currently XP 32 Pro
~ Overclocked Q9650 to 3.825 GHz
~ Overclocked GTX 470 823/1880
~ 4 GB G.Skill ram rated 1066 MHz 5-5-5-15 running at 850 MHz 4-4-4-12
~ 3dmark06 22,000
~ Heaven (high/DX9/no AA) 875
I want to give this rig to my son and need to know if I would see a noticeable improvement in doing the following:
1. Windows 7 32 bit (to utilize DX10/11)
2. Windows 7 64 bit (noticeable improvement from 32 bit or will my cap of 4GB ram hurt me?)
3. Windows 8 32 bit & 64 bit (same questions)
Any suggestions since I am capped at 4GB ram? Stay XP or go with Windows 7 32/64 or Windows 8 32/64?
Thanks in advance!