Windows 10: Question whether installing w10 x86 or x64 - addressable memory

I have a w7 pc (x86) with 3GB RAM + 2GB dedicated VRAM.

So it's 5GB addressable RAM in total, right?

Do I need x64? System is x64 capable.

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Windows 10 x86 to Windows 10 x64 Questions

Hi Guys,

My laptop is currently running Windows 7 SP1 x86 on a Dell OEM licence. I have recently reserved my copy of Windows 10 via the upgrade advisor (yayy).

I am looking to upgrade the RAM on my system to 8GB and therefore i would like to upgrade the system to Windows 10 x64 (via a custom install) when Windows 10 becomes available. My understanding is that when the W10 upgrade is available my existing copy of
W7 will be upgraded using the current architecture (x86) and OEM licence. So my questions are...

• After W10 is installed will W10 give me the option to create recovery media? (if so will the media allow to me to re-install using a x64 architecture?)
• In terms of licencing If i perform a custom install of Window 10 x64 on my machine (after the automated W10 upgrade has been completed) will the new install W10 (on the same computer, just a different architecture) activate using the OEM licence?
• Will Microsoft be releasing an ISO to allow custom installs?

Thanks for all your help guys

 

Windows Memory Diagnostics Not Installed On W10 Pro x64

Hi, running W10 Pro x64 on a desktop with i7 5820k.

When I try to run the Windows Memory Diagnostic, I initiate the action and restart the computer.

However, during boot when it gets to the point where it is ready to run the Memory Diagnostic it gives me a message that the Memory Diagnostic (memtest.exe) is not installed, and it needs the memtest.efi file on the installation disk.

Unfortunately, when I try to run the Memory Diagnostic with the Windows System Desk in the tray, it does not give me an option to install memtest.efi. I'd install it manually, but I cannot understand how to get from memtest.efi to memtest.exe.

I have googled this, but it is not directly addressed anywhere, except for a few places recommending a Windows reinstall, which is not practical for me.

Any suggestions as to how to solve this will be appreciated.

thanks

 

x86 to x64 & benching

Have a quick question..... When upgrading to x64 Win7 from x86 Win7, is it normal to see a 'drop' in gfx performance?
In the screen shot I listed below, I have my old score in the background (with the arrow pointing at it) that was with Win7 x86. The new test is with Win7 x64. Both were clean installs from a formated HDD. Is the score drop normal? Or do I need to look at something else? Only thing that was changed hardware wise was I clocked my cpu back from 3.5 to 3.4GHz. Would 100MHz affect it that much? *Toast :toast: