9th April, 2007, 04:18 AM
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| 32 bit or 64 bit? When i do my new build i am going to make the Vista plunge, and i am wondering which version would you guys recommend....32 bit, or 64 bit? I have read great things about the 64 bit version, and i am seeing that driver support is already good, so i need to know which one should i go with. Will the 64 bit version still run all my 32 bit software? or will i have issues with that? Please help.....
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9th April, 2007, 10:19 AM
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| I imagine that 32-bit progs will run fine on the 64-bit OS, unless it's an Itanic CPU. However, 64-bit seems to be a solution that fixes no problem. An idea before its time for SOHO computing, thank AMD for pushing this to make their procs look better. Or maybe I'm wrong about this, wouldn't be the first time.
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9th April, 2007, 08:49 PM
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| If your cooling system can take the extra heat that using the other 32bit worth of registers can handle, go for it.... otherwise stay far clear! I couldn't even hit 2.5ghz in xp 64, but I have a mediocre cooling sys at the most. It was because of heat, not stability...
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10th April, 2007, 03:16 PM
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| This should surprise no one but me, but I hadn't heard before of 64 increasing temps.
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11th April, 2007, 04:57 AM
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| unless you have a specific need for running the 64bit edition (using more than 2Gigs of ram, 64 bit app etc) then the general consencous is stick with the 32bit version. Drivers are more readily avaliable (in some cases xp ones can be used), software is more compatible etc. 64Bit only comes into its own when more than 2 Gigs of ram is needid really, it is also more secure but the downside of this security is it can hinder what you are doing. If you have ever seen the box saying 'this driver (/app .. etc) hasnt not been certified to run on this version of windows, do you want to continue ? and then hit continue and run your app / device, well in vista 64 you cant do this. It will only allow signed software to work when it requires it. So if your drivers arent WHQL then vista 64 wont let you install them. There was also talk of how the 64bit kernal is restricted most antivirus and alike programs dont work, however they are not really needid for viruses only malware.
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