I can confirm from my own experience: my old computer was 32 bit, so I essentially wasted half my RAM with 4 gigabytes. Now I have a 64 bit system, and have 8 GB RAM, from four 2 GB sticks of RAM.
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john1980
over 2 years agoWith a 32-bit OS, you can only use 3 and some fraction gigabytes of RAM. That's why 64-bit is important.
AndarielHalo
over 2 years agoI can confirm from my own experience: my old computer was 32 bit, so I essentially wasted half my RAM with 4 gigabytes. Now I have a 64 bit system, and have 8 GB RAM, from four 2 GB sticks of RAM.