planet x alan Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 as it says up there... and also do you have to use a 64bit operating system when you have a 64bit processor?cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Nope, but you don't you need one if you have over 4GB of RAM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 You can use a 64 bit processor with either 64 or 32 bit os, but you cannot use a 32 bit processor with 64 bit os.It is faster running 64bit os with the cpu but only if you have enough ram to make it worthwhile. I have 4gb and it runs smooth as butter. Here are some advantages, all it takes it some googling. Linky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet x alan Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 You can use a 64 bit processor with either 64 or 32 bit os, but you cannot use a 32 bit processor with 64 bit os.It is faster running 64bit os with the cpu but only if you have enough ram to make it worthwhile. I have 4gb and it runs smooth as butter. Here are some advantages, all it takes it some googling. Linkythanks very much that helped a lot. made my mind up cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Be warned though driver support for xp/vista 64bit is very flakey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Be warned though driver support for xp/vista 64bit is very flakey.that is very true indeedalso.there's buggerall 64bit specific software available unless you like doing 3d graphics in your spare time and even then it doesn't seem to make a great deal of difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Nope, but you don't you need one if you have over 4GB of RAM?Xp and Vista 32 bit will only recognise something like 3.2gb of ram i believe so if you have like 4gb only 3.2 will be used. 64-bit operating systems can see far more so your 4 gb is fully used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Yeah forgot about the driver issues. They are not TOOO bad, they are improving. Such software like pov ray runs a lot faster on 64bits, and a lot of software is slowly converting, such as VLC (beta) and Firefox. Downside is that the drivers need to be signed by Microsoft which sucks. I would say stay to 32 bit unless you know how to use computers well and get the most from the wider execution range. Give it another year till its really getting into flow but the seas are changing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 that is very true indeedalso.there's buggerall 64bit specific software available unless you like doing 3d graphics in your spare time and even then it doesn't seem to make a great deal of difference.Actually, if you make music on your compy, you can go truly 64bit and apparently makes a real difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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