Which version of Win 7 should I get for DCS:BS/A10C & FC2?

[andyfoot]

Now FC2 is about to be released, I'm about to upgrade to a new system and Win 7. Thing is, do I go for 32bit, 64bit, Home, Professional or Ultimate? I'm mainly interested in using this new rig for gaming (specifically DCS and FC2) and various other games (FPS type). I do a little surfing, watching movies and some Office stuff, but my main reason for upgrade is DCS Black Shark/A10 and FC2. I also want to be able to use my TIR4 and Saitek X52 Pro and Rudder pedals.

 

I'm looking at an i7 overclocked from 2.8Ghz to 4Ghz with an ATI graphics card (not sure which one yet), and 6Gb RAM @ 1600Mhz.

 

Any advice will be welcomed, thanks in advance.

[Griffin]

64 bit Home Premium. No sense paying honey for stuff you won't ever use or not even knowing such existed.

Edited March 24, 2010 by Griffin

[Booger]

64 bit Home Premium. No sense paying honey for stuff you won't ever use.

 

This.

[Eddie]

As above, HP x64. If you look at the additional features of Pro and above and are not sure if you need them, then you don't. For 90% of people Home Premium is all you need.

 

No reason not to go for a 64bit OS these days, all the driver/hardware issues of old have long gone, and 64bit is the only way you can make use of any more than 4Gb of RAM.

[andyfoot]

Looks like it's HP64bit then, thanks guys!

[MTFDarkEagle]

Indeed: if you have money (or go illegal (naughty :P)), go for ultimate. But whatever you get, get a 64 bit!

Edited March 24, 2010 by MTFDarkEagle

[Kuky]

yup... 64-bit Home version

[Outlaw24]

64 -bit Home works just fine for me.

[Maximus]

win7 64 bit home premium works fine on my end.

[Konovalov]

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and haven't looked back. XP was great but this is better.

[Mugenjin]

home premium is more than enough.

 

only go for professional if you can get a sweet deal. anything above is pointless.

[Legolasindar]

64bits, HP to up, Ultimate run very well

[HitchHikingFlatlander]

Just so I understand you CAN use the 64bit version on a NON 64bit system? That's good info to have when I upgrade OS's my system isn't 64bit though.

[EtherealN]

I'm fairly certain any hardware that is of reasonable age has the 64-bit instruction set.

 

If it is so ancient that it doesn't, then no, installing a 64-bit OS on it is not a good idea.

[CAT_101st]

A 64 bit system has nuthing to do with the os. Also win 7 pro supports win XP softwair. So if you have any old programs that run only on XP you shuld get the Pro version.

[Legolasindar]

You can use 32bits and 64bits SOFTWARE in a 64bits SO if you have CPU support 64bits.

You can't use 64bits SOFTWARE in a 32bits SO.

Edited March 25, 2010 by Legolasindar

[sweinhart3]

The only hardware that determines if your computer is 64bit compatible or not is the CPU. A 64bit OS will not run on a cpu that doesnt support the x86-64 extended instruction set (or other 64bit technology such as Itanium which uses Risk technology and Enterprise software). However, unless your system is using a cpu older than Athlon64/early Pentium4 in which case you probably cant run DCS anyway, you should not worry about whether it is 64bit or not.

 

There is to my no knowledge no performance difference between Windows 7 Home Premium and Ultimate. Ultimate simply includes some extra features designed for business purposes such as remote networking capabilities and some things that the average joe wouldnt know what to do with.

[HitchHikingFlatlander]

Well I have a E8400 C2D processor, and I really know no better about 64bit OS's!

[Eddie]

Well I have a E8400 C2D processor

 

 

Which is a 64bit compatible CPU.

[CAT_101st]

if you have a dule core you have a 64bit cpu

[HitchHikingFlatlander]

I really need to read up on things lol! Thanks guys for the info at least I know what type of Win7 to get now and I learned something new too.