64bit All its rated to be?

February 25, 2007 3:25pm CST
Well Iv got a 64 bit chip and if Im not mistaken operating systems are only just starting to come out and Im wondering as much as I get what the advantages are is there really going to be a noticibly diffrence and what programs/games/applications use it too its full potential. I also dont like that I bought a 64bit a year ago and still havnt really had a chance to use it yet lol.
6 responses
@AJMSmith (112)
26 Feb 07
Apart fromfuture proofing you machine there is as yet little benefit ... stay tuned for more
26 Feb 07
I understand the futureproofing benefit but with the chaning pc market all the time a componenet that you wont use for a logn time is useless really isnt it when you could buy a cheaper one and use that until it is needed and by a equivilent priced better component when it is needed
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
1 Mar 07
Well in order to utilize 64 bit you need a 64 bit operating system. Windows XP is a 32 bit OS so you wouldn't see any big improvement from an AthlonXP 3000 to a Athlon64 3000. There was a 64bit version of XP, but it was a total flop with limited compatibility and drivers for hardware. Vista comes in 32bit and 64bit versions so if you really want to run Vista at it's best potential you should get a 64 bit processor and get Vistax64. Even with a 64 bit OS though you'll need 64bit programs otherwise they will continue to run as they would on a 32 bit processor. Currently ALL of the AMD processors in new computers are 64 bit. I'm not sure about Intel processors.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
25 Feb 07
Sadly, there is currently very little benefit in operating 64 bit systems. A friend of mine has bought a new motherboard and processor about a week ago and is now running a 64 bit version of Windows XP. As expected, he has not noticed any significant difference to date. Given time the software programmers will take greater advantage of the available options and as a result the difference should become well worthwhile, in the meantime you will simply have to be patient. At least you will be able to use a 64 bit operating system with 32 bit applications in the interim.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
25 Feb 07
It is going to be awhile yet before 64 bit is worthwhile. I am not sure if 32 bit applications will work on a 64 bit operating system however.
@im2good4u (567)
• Philippines
26 Feb 07
its been quite a while for my athlon 64 but still there aren't any good 64-bit software available. much more games. the only advantage of a 64bit platform for me is the ability to address much more memory efficiently. cause 32bit computer can only use 4gb max and inside windows it just reads over 3gb, but if you're using 64 bit memory capacity would increase dramatically.
• Philippines
26 Feb 07
There are several 64-bit operating systems out in the market, both MS and linux based. But as far as games are concerned, patches for 32-bit to be 64-bit compatible has been made. A few have been made solely for 64-bit machines, however