64-bit OS (Windows 7?)

lordspaceman

lordspaceman

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Hi all

I've only now thought about the possibilities of 'upgrading' to a 64-bit Operating System. I currently run XP (32-bit) and want to know from you guys about going the 64-bit route and if it's advisable? Do your games run fine under a 64-bit OS?

My Specs:
Asus Motherboard
2GB DDR800 RAM
ASUS GTX260 GPU


I have given Windows Vista a skip and thinking of jumping to righting into Windows 7 64-bit edition when it's finally released.

One final thing, I don't know if you guys will know this or not, but will Adobe CS3 products run on Windows 7 64-bit?

Thanks in advance.
 
The only reason to run a 64bit OS is if you want to use more than 4GB of RAM. If you're not planning to upgrade to 4 or more gigs of RAM the I would suggest to stay with 32bit for now, simply because it's a more compatible platform than 64bit is at the moment. That said I would say try out Windows 7, it's really good.
 
I'd advise adding 2gb more ram and going the 64bit route.
I've been on 64bit for quite a while now, first on Vista and recently on 7 and so far I haven't had any compatibility issues.

CS3 will run on x64, I used to use it.
 
You will inevitably need 4GB ram soon, so if I were you I would get a 64bit OS and be prepared. Just make sure that you can get 64bit drivers for all your hardware. If you have any incompatible software, you should be able to find alternatives eventually. As more people switch to 64bit, software developers will see the need to support 64bit platforms.
 
I don't think it would be a problem going 64bit. Everything is becoming 64bit compatible these days, but make sure you will really use it for what it was made for, i.e. huge memory, multi-threading, multi-cores, etc. A lot are app-dependant, especially for 64bit support.

Check Adobe site for what they are saying in regards to a 64bit OS (Windows 7 64bit they may only release at a later stage, depends whether they worked with MS on this before release), failing that, you can always fire up a XP Virtual and run your non-compatible old-skool applications in that.
 
I am running windows 7 64bit and for some reason it feels slower than my vista 32bit. So far the only problem i have is that biddefender 2009 firewall is blocked other than that every thing seems fine.
 
Damn. I hate hearing those 64-bit is slower than 32-bit stories. Perhaps I'll just run 32-bit of Windows 7 for now. Thanks for the feedback guys!
 
I'm going with 64bit if and when i get it, 64bit has been out long enough for developers to get used to and should be stable enough, plus who knows in 2-3 yeas we prob have ram in the 20gig range.
 
Only reason I went 64bit when changing from XP to Vista was so that I could use my full 4GB RAM. Never had any problems with it regarding drivers or anything (then again I didn't have a creative labs soundcard). Now I'm using Win7 64bit and digging it. Haven't used a 32bit system in quite a while now and not missing it.
 
I'm using the 64 bit version and am pretty happy with it. I would still prefer a version of Windows XP that boots fast and handles more RAM... but this will do in the meantime. :p
 
well that is a debate 32 or 64 bit windows which is better 32 bit less ram and all programs work. 64 bit a hell of a lot of ram and not all your progarms work but runs a lot better as log as your CPU can handle 64 bit coding.
 
BlaZing said:
well that is a debate 32 or 64 bit windows which is better 32 bit less ram and all programs work. 64 bit a hell of a lot of ram and not all your progarms work but runs a lot better as log as your CPU can handle 64 bit coding.
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Most if not all programs work on Windows x64 based systems, it has a directory to run 32-bit programs. So far i have been ion x64 since vista sp1 and havent looked back. Developers will have to move off 32-bit platforms as apllications become more vast and ram hungry.

As for 32 verus 64, gaming wise and i guess that the reason for building this pc goes. 64-bit operating system handles games much better. If you want run a comparison test of your own.
 
Windows 7 has a 32-bit applications directory as someone said, so any programs that aren't 64-bit will just go in there.
Speed-wise it's the same if not faster all around. I have 4gb ram but I notice that I never actually use that much even with numerous apps and games open simultaneously. You're more likely to come up against a cpu bottleneck before you'll max out that much memory tbh. But I have some programs that are noticeably faster in 64 bit - emulators and that sort of thing. And it has never crashed on me so I think it's more stable.
 
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