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    Question GTAIV VISTA 64 or xp sp3 on 4gb ram macbook

    basically... see my spec...
    2.4ghz macbook unibody 4gb ddr3 1066mhz 256mb 9400m...
    have it currently laggin abit on xp sp3 32bit...
    wondering if having full access to my 4gb ram in vista 64 (which i have from when i had a dell) would run it better?
    also DOES it WORK in vista 64? cause so many people saying it doesn't as i have my xp sp3 setup really nice on boot camp atm... bar some gayness with drivers when using a browser (its just for games so i can deal with it)

    WILL there be better drivers for my gfx card on 64bit? i was gonna use either bootcamp ones first and see how I get on and if not get some from laptopvideo2go...

    thoughts and experiences people?
    Last edited by keef247; 10-03-2009 at 04:45 AM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Fraz regarding the Apple Mighty Mouse
    I just got so fed up with this thing for it's crappy erratically working scroll ball and poor right-click detection that I just threw it against a wall and it exploded.

    Good riddance. Wish I'd done it about a year ago.

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    Re: GTAIV VISTA 64 or xp sp3 on 4gb ram macbook

    I'd be interested to see if there was a performance increase as well, I'm running it in medium detail on my rig at the mo with 2Gb of RAM and after a few hours play I get a slow down. Also I've found that if I force it to run in DirectX9 rather than 10 it crashes after about 30min as well, bit odd.
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    Re: GTAIV VISTA 64 or xp sp3 on 4gb ram macbook

    The issue I can see if that the Vista install might not work anyway as Dell generally lock the install discs to their hardware unless its an OEM Vista DVD and not a Dell rehashed one

    The amount of times I have had questions from people at work asking why the Dell discs don't work at home lol

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    Re: GTAIV VISTA 64 or xp sp3 on 4gb ram macbook

    na na the dell came with a crappy 32bit home prem one so i bought 64bit ultimate it's on there now i just need to 64bit bootcamp drivers or alternate ones that i can install
    Quote Originally Posted by Fraz regarding the Apple Mighty Mouse
    I just got so fed up with this thing for it's crappy erratically working scroll ball and poor right-click detection that I just threw it against a wall and it exploded.

    Good riddance. Wish I'd done it about a year ago.

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    Re: GTAIV VISTA 64 or xp sp3 on 4gb ram macbook

    sorted no worries
    Quote Originally Posted by Fraz regarding the Apple Mighty Mouse
    I just got so fed up with this thing for it's crappy erratically working scroll ball and poor right-click detection that I just threw it against a wall and it exploded.

    Good riddance. Wish I'd done it about a year ago.

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    Re: GTAIV VISTA 64 or xp sp3 on 4gb ram macbook

    I`ve had it working fine under vista 64 since release.

    There where initially issues with the social club crashing the game but this has been fixed and the game works fine

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    Re: GTAIV VISTA 64 or xp sp3 on 4gb ram macbook

    yeah got it working nice.i dunno if its dx10 or what but with same settings its running nice.so might aswell use x64 vista as i have it.other games/apps will make use of the 4gb after all
    Quote Originally Posted by Fraz regarding the Apple Mighty Mouse
    I just got so fed up with this thing for it's crappy erratically working scroll ball and poor right-click detection that I just threw it against a wall and it exploded.

    Good riddance. Wish I'd done it about a year ago.

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    Re: GTAIV VISTA 64 or xp sp3 on 4gb ram macbook

    See my rig? Works fine on that. Video RAM is as important as anything else - before my 1Gb 4870 I could only select 'medium' settings. Vista 64 too.
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