Will 32 bit windows affect gaming?

[AtomicWaveBlast]

So I have a Pc with 2gb of ddr2 and im wondering if I install 32bit windows if it will affect the performance?

[Canada EH]

Just total memory size I believe, max at 32 I think

dunno why they still put out 32bit, must be a market for it somewhere.

 

https://www.xaprb.com/blog/2012/10/24/why-would-anyone-use-a-32-bit-os-in-2012/

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a few very good reasons.

1. The universe isn’t wholly x86_64 yet; there’s still ARM and other non-server systems.
2. Developer laptops often run 32-bit operating systems, especially when Linux is the developer’s preference, because it works better with a lot of proprietary software such as Flash and audio drivers, and generally causes a lot less user headache. This is especially relevant because Ubuntu, Fedora, and other popular distributions are targeted towards 32-bit. My experience is that they just don’t work as well in 64-bit versions. Besides, if my laptop has only 4GB of RAM (I’ve never had one with more than that), there’s no benefit at all to 64-bit in any case.
3. A cost-conscious person may very well spin up one of the smaller EC2 instances for lightweight jobs, and those are 32-bit. Many other cloud hosting providers follow the same pattern: getting a 64-bit instance is more expensive.

 

 

https://lifehacker.com/5431284/the-lifehacker-guide-to-64-bit-vs-32-bit-operating-systems

 

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users are installing the 64-bit version of their operating system of choice over the less capable 32-bit version. But most people don't really have a full understanding of what the difference really is.

in fact 32-bit Linux and Mac OS X have the same limitations and the same workarounds

The 4 GB limit for Windows, at least, is also a factor of licensing—the home versions of 32-bit Windows, while technically being able to support PAE, have a hard limit of 4 GB for licensing and driver compatibility reasons.

your devices, like your video card and motherboard BIOS take up room in that same 4 GB space, which means the underlying operating system gets access to even less of your RAM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GDRRiley]

no but it will limit you to 3.8gb of memory. just run 64 bit

[Bhav]

I wouldn't mind having a third PC with windows XP 32 bit ... Too many old games that don't work on newer OSes / 64 bit in my collection.

[aisle9]

9 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

Just total memory size I believe, max at 32 I think

dunno why they still put out 32bit, must be a market for it somewhere.

Purely anecdotal evidence on my part, but I've found that if you're shooting for Windows 10 on something like a Conroe C2D and you're only using 4GB of RAM, a 32-bit installation seems to be marginally faster and much more stable.

[Max_Settings]

The real question is what games are you planning on playing on a system that only has 2gb of DDR2? Worry about that before you worry about 32bit windows.

[AtomicWaveBlast]

39 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

no but it will limit you to 3.8gb of memory. just run 64 bit

I have 2gb of ram

[AtomicWaveBlast]

3 minutes ago, Max_Settings said:

The real question is what games are you planning on playing on a system that only has 2gb of DDR2? Worry about that before you worry about 32bit windows.

Simple games like CS and CSS maybe CSGO 

[LogicalDrm]

8 hours ago, AtomicWaveBlast said:

Simple games like CS and CSS maybe CSGO 

1.6 works, but I think your other components will have issues with CSGO. Maybe not so much with CSS. I used to run it with Q6600.