32 Bit v. 64 Bit ...

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by Adogg, Sep 6, 2007.

  1. Adogg

    Adogg Ace Status Administrator

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    So last night Van gave me a lubve job on why I bought 4GB of RAM since Vista only sees 3GB in the 32 bit version. What would be the advantage/disadvantage of me installing a 64bit version of Vista? Or is their a 64bit version of XP?
    Adogg, Sep 6, 2007
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  2. Adogg

    Adogg Ace Status Administrator

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    Here's my chip:
    http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLA9V

    So it looks like my chip would support it:
    Adogg, Sep 6, 2007
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  3. Adogg

    Adogg Ace Status Administrator

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    Here's the answer I've come to:
    Adogg, Sep 6, 2007
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  4. waffles

    waffles M.I.A. Status Staff Member Moderator

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    most of the chips that have come out for the last 3 years will support 64 bit..

    but like you saw, there is a real lack of programs taking advantage of it. believe some of the new games coming out may be supporting 64 though. know they even came out with a patch to take the original far cry up to 64. the result? people wernt that impressed....
    waffles, Sep 6, 2007
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  5. Adogg

    Adogg Ace Status Administrator

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    Interesting
    Adogg, Sep 6, 2007
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  6. Shark

    Shark Getting the band back together... Staff Member Leader

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    Until software is developed "as" 64 bit... hardware will always be bottlenecked. Get the 32 bit for now...and get the 3 gigs of RAM. You will be very happy.
    Shark, Sep 7, 2007
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    exactly!!!!!
    Sniper_69, Sep 7, 2007
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