Vista64 and FS9

[betelgeuse 41]

At present I run FS9 in XP Pro. My HDD has an un-allocated 150GB partition and I plan to install Vista64 on this. I will then have a dual boot setup. Will I be able to run FS9 in vista64 straight away or will I have to re-install FS9 on the new Vista64 partition?Intel Quad core Q9650, 4GB DDR2 RAM, GeForce GTX260 Core 216 Superclocked 896MB.John

[red1 0]

I don't have a direct answer to your question, but a suggestion. I think you'd be better off getting a second hard drive to dual boot (they are very cheap now a days). Although I do not have any first hand experience of this, I have read that it's best not to have two installs on one hard drive due to slower read/write times and a more filled up hard drive which in general slows it down.

[JohnE 0]

You should install it fresh on the X64 partition, especially if you use alot of 3rd party add-ons.

[betelgeuse 41]

I think you'd be better off getting a second hard drive to dual boot (they are very cheap now a days).

You should install it fresh on the X64 partition

Thanks, I'll do both. I assume quad core and 4GB will improve FS9 stability and performance.

[Guest belga1]

Hello,

quad core and 4GB

The RAM will improve .. not really the quad core (FS2004 use one)The speed (frequency) of the CPU is the important matter for FS2004 performances.Regards.Gus.