Questions about 64bit

[dominic-uk]

Hi,

So. 64bit..

Can it still run 32bit applications?
Is it a large improvement over 32bit? Faster? What are the pros?
Any cons?

Oh and, do I need to have specific hardware to run 64bit?

[Latias]

Cons: Old 16-bit apps won't run (win3.0)
USB drivers (TI calculators etc)
Pros: Everything else

For example, you can't run something like [url=http://www.kye.me.uk/]kye[/url] and [url=http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?g4dmm220j5z]sokoban[/url]

[compwhizii]

32 bit apps will run.

[dtoporowski]

Yes it can run 32bit applications, but apparently not 16-bit DOS subsystem applications (forgot where i heard this).

64-it x86 registers allow much more addressable memory. It is nearly limitless from what I hear. (sort of like NTFS file system).

cons?

not really.

[compwhizii]

Hey let's not get into a "How much ram can 64-bit handle" argument again, please. Just throwing that out there.

[Tezza1234]

My experience with 64bit (Vista) has been a bit mixed
The only issues I have run into have been:
After installing a starforce-protected game (Trackmania Nations) it totally nuked my windows install :argh:
ATI tray tools was a ocmplete pain to get running due to the driver signing crap

Apart from that 64bit is the way to go.

[dominic-uk]

And what about hardware? Will a Core2 E6550 run it?

[compwhizii]

[QUOTE=dominic-uk;17249489]And what about hardware? Will a Core2 E6550 run it?[/QUOTE]

Yes.

[Latias]

[QUOTE=dominic-uk;17249489]And what about hardware? Will a Core2 E6550 run it?[/QUOTE]

Any recent CPU will run 64bit

[editline]fuck you[/editline]

ninja'd

[dominic-uk]

Ok, thanks!

[dtoporowski]

yeah, it supports EM64T. Any Intel CPU that supports it, supports 64-bit OSes

[dominic-uk]

Oh and what about games? Do you need to get special 64bit versions?

[dtoporowski]

nope.
But if there is 64 bit versions, use them.

[DOG-GY]

No. Seeing as 32 bit apps run on a 64 bit OS, you're fine. Some games even utilize 64bit OS's.

[dominic-uk]

Great. Thanks for the info!

[DOG-GY]

Just make sure you have a reason to use a 64 bit OS.

[dominic-uk]

Full utilization of 4gb of RAM is a good enough reason don't you think?

[Jallen]

Solution to running old 16 bit apps:
VirtualBox + old windows version.
They will run fast enough because they are old.

[compwhizii]

A very good reason.

[editline]04:58PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=Jallen;17249693]Solution to running old 16 bit apps:
VirtualBox + old windows version.
They will run fast enough because they are old.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.virtualbox.org/[/url]