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[bermag]

About to do a clean MP install. Which operating system do you recommend using with MP? 4GB RAM.

XP, Win 7/32, Win 7/64?

Which works best with MP? If you just look at the MP part and not other advantages of o/s.

I do think I will use Win 7 though. However not sure if going 32 or 64 bit. With only 4 GB you don't get much benefits of runnign 64 bit and MP is 32 bit. However you can only use ~ 3 GB with 32 bit however you have a larger footprint with 64 bit.

I guess this question has been asked before (however I did not find any recent answers and if it is that annoying then plase make a sticky ).

 

[HudsonHawk04]

if you want to take full advantage of your ram (4gb) you will want to go with a 64 bit os. 32 bit only takes advantage of just over 2 i believe.

 

[bermag]

Yes, I think it is 2 GB max / process and ~ 3-3.5 GB total usable memory. However 64 bit application use more memory than so question is what you end up with. Probably deosn't matter much which anyway, question is which is most stable and works best with MP.

 

[DieBagger]

In my experience: Win7 X64. Runs far more stable for me with MP than XP. Use the X64 version as you might want to upgrade your ram within the next few years.