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Author Topic: Is 64 bit that much of a difference yet?  (Read 2197 times)

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Is 64 bit that much of a difference yet?
« on: December 23, 2008, 05:10:54 PM »
Is 64 bit that much of a difference yet? And are there now many progs that take advantage of the 64 bit archie?
 I have a mobo that supports it; but I'm still using regular XP Pro, as I don't have any 64 bit versions of anything.
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Re: Is 64 bit that much of a difference yet?
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 06:49:11 PM »
You can address >4GB memory, that's about it.  So AutoCAD and things like that that have a use for that much memory are badass in a 64bit oS.  Run of the mill 32bit apps supposedly run somewhat faster, but if they do it's not significant.   I wouldn't go out of my way to upgrade.
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Re: Is 64 bit that much of a difference yet?
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2009, 11:10:51 AM »
Other than the ability to use more RAM there isn't really a noticable difference in performance...
Don't expect to run the same application on the same hardware and have it seem to run faster, if it does it's just placebo effect.

Personally I use 64bit. But I do alot of work in Photoshop, Maya, and AutoCAD.. so it's sorta nessecary that I use 64bit architechure  :-)
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Re: Is 64 bit that much of a difference yet?
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2009, 12:54:24 PM »
I regret going to 64, as I have some older hw like my scanner, TV tuner, etc that don't have 64bit drivers.
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Re: Is 64 bit that much of a difference yet?
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2009, 08:28:07 PM »
If anything, 64 bit looks like crap.

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