No more 32 bit dolphin?

[RachelB]

(07-29-2014, 06:31 PM)Anti-Ultimate Wrote:

(07-29-2014, 06:14 PM)RachelB Wrote:

(07-29-2014, 05:49 PM)Jhonn Wrote: Something is wrong. In your profile you said you have 6 GB of RAM. You can't use more than 4 GB with 32 bits. Also, if you have a mobo capable of 6 GB of RAM then it's almost certainly that your processor also run 64 bit. Just upgrade your OS...

You can actually, the system just won't be able to address more than that. You can even actually use more than that, by using it for a ram disk.

x86 can't see anything past 3.5GB and will refuse to let you use anything past that. RAMDisks included.

Not true. http://www.megaleecher.net/RAMDisk

[Anti-Ultimate]

yes, but with PAE

[Aleron Ives]

I thought Microsoft disabled PAE with XP SP2, because it caused system instability, particularly with drivers that weren't designed to be run from the normally inaccessible address space. Everything I've previously read stated that you'd need XP SP1 to use the PAE switch in boot.ini, but the MSDN article doesn't mention any such limitation.

[vegeta99]

I can't upgrade my pc the cd drive is broken I had a 64 bit upgrade CD i lost the cd can't find. Don't have any money to buy a new one.

[Anti-Ultimate]

you can burn the iso onto an usb stick and install it from there.

[JMC47]

Vegeta: Here's the point. Money isn't the issue, and your hardware isn't the issue. You literally are licensed to install a 64 bit OS, your computer can handle it, you don't need to buy a new computer. If you don't feel like it, or have a bunch of small hurdles you don't feel like traversing, so be it. That's your choice, and I fully understand not wanting to go through the time of upgrading an OS. But there is nothing making it impossible for you to upgrade this.

If you're going to make the bold claim that the devs don't care about users, then you should do your research ahead of time.

[vegeta99]

Thanks for the reply i will research next time.

[ThorhiantheUltimate]

When you get your CD drive working, im pretty sure Microsoft offers iso downloads officially somewhere on their site, I remember going there before. You can just burn a new installation disk and upgrade then.

[MayImilae]

You don't even need to burn it. You can use free tools like Virtual Clonedrive and mount the ISO onto a virtual drive.

[lamedude]

(07-29-2014, 07:53 PM)Aleron Ives Wrote: I thought Microsoft disabled PAE with XP SP2, because it caused system instability, particularly with drivers that weren't designed to be run from the normally inaccessible address space. Everything I've previously read stated that you'd need XP SP1 to use the PAE switch in boot.ini, but the MSDN article doesn't mention any such limitation.

NX requires PAE so MS couldn't get rid of it so they just limited Windows to 4GB. Obviously RAM drive software can address memory above 4GB somehow.