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I am re-installing windows 7 on an old HP dv6 laptop. It was running win 7 64 bit, however I figured there might be a slight performance boost if I would downgrade to 32-bit.
I have been reading online and there is a lot of information on 32/64 bit, however rarely from a usage perspective. Which bit version would you recommend if (old) game performance is the main goal?
- Laptop is used for games (Battlefield Heroes, Team Fortress 2)
- Laptop won't be used for RAM intensive programs (photoshop, etc.)
- Intel Core 2 Duo T6400
- 4GB RAM (will never be upgraded; I read that 32-bit won't use more than 3.5GB, however full usage isn't necessary)
- When I bought it it was running 32 bit vista
In sincerely hope that this isn't a stupid question. I have spent quite some time looking for an answer already. Thanks in advance.
1You could try it and check how much memory is actually available—it varies greatly from almost 4 GB to way below 2 GB, depending in the hardware installed. – Daniel B – 2014-12-27T12:17:38.740
What would you say is acceptable? 1GB loss? Do you think the performance increase is worth it? (is there a performance increase?) – SuperSpy – 2014-12-27T12:46:46.693