OS for games and 4G of RAM ?

[Guest]

Looking for the best OS to utilize my PC thats in my Sig. to play games.
Mainly the 4G issue in XP 32bit is what I want to avoid.

Suggestions from Experience please !

 

[ruleworld]

64bit OS will only run signed drivers.

 

[PSYCHoHoLiC]

I run XP X64, and i love it.. uses the server 2003 kernel and is very fast. Never had a single compatibility issue except for the new windows live messenger (Just installed the older one).

And it has no problems running unsigned drivers should you ever want to do that.

 

[pinaplex]

i'm running vista ultimate 64bit with my system. i'm running unsigned drivers for my 8800GT, works like a charm. no problems or issues.

 

[chookman]

With vista youll get DX10 with a newer GPU

 

[ruleworld]

probably the time is coming to move to 64bit but not yet for me.

 

[nhobo]

Mainly the 4G issue in XP 32bit is what I want to avoid.

What issue is that? XP works fine with 4GB.

 

[pinaplex]

What issue is that? XP works fine with 4GB.

I think he's referring to the fact that 32bit OSes like xp and 32bit vista can only see about 3GB of ram.

 

[ruleworld]

[quotemsgI think he's referring to the fact that 32bit OSes like xp and 32bit vista can only see about 3GB of ram.[/quotemsg]

pae.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx