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Vista 32bit or 64bit
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:46 am
by ViPeR.Ja
hi,
i was just a little confused is there a performance gain if i install vista 64-bit instead of the 32bit one??
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:21 am
by KnightRid
No
you will run slower on most everything because of the apps and games being 32bit
Mike
had a discussion about 32 and 64 bit on the forums somewhere....cant think where though
run 64bit if u can
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:09 pm
by smokin_mitch
Im running vista 64 bit and it works great
only prob is a few games wont work properly
yet
battlefield 2142
stalker
but they will be fixed in new patches and video card drivers im quite sure
games i run fine under 64 bit vista:
battlefield 2
command and conquer 3
supreme commander
doom 3
quake 4
HL2 and counter strike
and many many more too many too list...
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 11:30 pm
by CMcguire
Now this will probably be a stupid question...
But with a 64-bit processor can you run the 32-bit version?
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:23 am
by KnightRid
CMcguire wrote:Now this will probably be a stupid question...
But with a 64-bit processor can you run the 32-bit version?
YES
Honestly Smokin_Mitch is the first person I have heard that is not having a LOT of trouble with drivers and such for the 64bit version. I had HUGE problems with the E6400 and Intel MOtherboard. I never tried on the Gigabyte, but it was just horrible with the latter! I also had a TON of programs that would not work, including AVG!
Good luck, but I still vote to stick with the 32bit! I have, and am having no problems!
Mike
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:28 am
by Apoptosis
I'm running 64-Bit Vista with 4GB of memory and a quad-core processor with just a couple minor issues... Photoshop CS3 isn't working right as the color settings for my LCD monitor profile aren't set correctly, so things in photoshop don't look right.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:50 am
by Cypher
I've actually noticed improvements in all games I've played on a 64bit Operating Systems.
I've not had one single issue with XP x64, and It runs everything I need it to perfectly, faster, and smoother.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:13 pm
by Zelig
XP X64 was a wreck for me, lots of software didn't work, lots of hardware didn't have any drivers.
Vista 64-bit is much better for me, running it with 4 GB of ram with no 64-bit specific problems other than my printer not working.
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:45 am
by smokin_mitch
my cannon printer works fine on vista 64
mind you i had to download the driver off canon's website though
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 11:00 am
by Zelig
Yeah, HP doesn't offer Vista drivers for me new laser printer on its website.
I set up a "To print" folder on the desktop of one of my XP computers, send stuff over to that when I need to print stuff now.
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 11:57 pm
by smokin_mitch
HP suck
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:40 am
by kappage
The networking dude at school runs Vista 64bit on his pc in his office and none of the drivers work!!! hes got no sound even with a Soundblaster Audigey and he had to buy a network card because the onboard didnt work. So going from that ill stick with my 32bit For the moment