I'm curious if it would be worthwhile for me to install Win 7 x64 on my pc. I only have 3GB of ram, although I can add more later. The reason I am considering doing this is so I can play F-Zero GX at full speed, as the x86 Dolphin is only running it at half speed right now due to some issue in 32 bit, apparently.
Would I need more than 3GB ram for F-Zero to run at full speed? Also, would other games also require more ram in x64 than in x86, thus making the move to x64 a bad decision with this amount of ram?
System specs are:
Core2Duo E8500 @ 3.16Ghz
3GB DDR2 800 (2x1gb sticks, 2x512mb sticks)
GTS 250 1gb
WD 7200 rpm caviar blue, 16mb cache
Currently running Vista SP2 x86
Would I need more than 3GB ram for F-Zero to run at full speed? Also, would other games also require more ram in x64 than in x86, thus making the move to x64 a bad decision with this amount of ram?
System specs are:
Core2Duo E8500 @ 3.16Ghz
3GB DDR2 800 (2x1gb sticks, 2x512mb sticks)
GTS 250 1gb
WD 7200 rpm caviar blue, 16mb cache
Currently running Vista SP2 x86