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CaptainCox
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Posted: Thu, 20th Apr 2006 22:24 Post subject: Windows XP Professional x64 vs x32	Quick Quote Quote

What would be the REAL! benefit if I changed to Windows XP Professional x64. I am now running XP Pro 32 bit. Running a AMD 64 4000+ Ofcourse I am mostly gaming and watching vids etc.

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Posted: Thu, 20th Apr 2006 23:18 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

The biggest benefit would be no memory cap. Want 6 GIGS, just put it in and it works ! Oh, and better perfomance for games and apps that support 64 bit instructions. rgds Sabalasa

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Posted: Fri, 21st Apr 2006 13:39 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

any problems with backwards compatibility and the like?

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Posted: Fri, 21st Apr 2006 16:30 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

ofcourse there are probs I don't know if you remember the painful crossing from 16 bits to 32 but it took a decade I mean...it's 64 bits...right now you have everything in 32 bit and there are no guarantees that a 32 bit application would run on 64 bit systems (which they mostly don't or the perfomance is crap like 16 bit application in 32 bit environment). 64 bit right now is the sandbox for servers not desktops. It might get actual in 2009 for desktops if not even later. rgds Sabalasa

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Posted: Fri, 21st Apr 2006 17:00 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Hmmm, I might just give this a bit of whait...sounds like a good weekend project to get all stuff running after a x64 install...or maybe eaven whait for Vista. Another thing, does x64 run SP2? I have been looking around and maybe I am reading old stuff but everywhere it says SP1 only, is it so?

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Posted: Fri, 21st Apr 2006 19:54 Post subject:

CaptainCox wrote:

Hmmm, I might just give this a bit of whait...sounds like a good weekend project to get all stuff running after a x64 install...or maybe eaven whait for Vista.
Another thing, does x64 run SP2? I have been looking around and maybe I am reading old stuff but everywhere it says SP1 only, is it so?

yup only SP1 Wink

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Posted: Fri, 21st Apr 2006 20:02 Post subject:

sabalasa wrote:

ofcourse there are probs Razz

I don't know if you remember the painful crossing from 16 bits to 32 but it took a decade Razz

I mean...it's 64 bits...right now you have everything in 32 bit and there are no guarantees that a 32 bit application would run on 64 bit systems (which they mostly don't or the perfomance is crap like 16 bit application in 32 bit environment).

64 bit right now is the sandbox for servers not desktops. It might get actual in 2009 for desktops if not even later.

Never a truer word spoken.. Im glad there are people who dont spout the "OOOO BUT ITS TWICE THE BITS!!!!" crap.. Its going to be a while before 64bit desktop OS's are needed/improve the desktop experience in a worthwhile way..

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Posted: Fri, 21st Apr 2006 20:43 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Yea i will give this a miss for now. Got my system set up and running smothly with XP pro x32 SP2, so why tinker with something that realy just...works. Thanks guys.

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Posted: Fri, 21st Apr 2006 20:49 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

after 2 yrs the current top notch 64 bit processors will be grandfathers So think twice before you invest into them rgds Sabalasa

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Posted: Fri, 21st Apr 2006 23:23 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Well I was running an ol ol P4 2.6 before I got the 4000+ like last october. It realy did change the performance ALOT!, that I got a 7800gtx 512 helped as well actualy

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