Windows XP x64 Edition

**RAY16** · 11-11-2007, 09:23 PM

Can somebody give me some reasons why I would not want to use it? Now that I have a 64-Bit CPU I wouldn't mind using its... 64-Bittedness. I don't want to use Vista, though, so WinXP x64 seems like my only option. Should I just stick with WinXP 32-Bit?

**Uber_Tiny** · 11-11-2007, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by RAY16

Can somebody give me some reasons why I would not want to use it? Now that I have a 64-Bit CPU I wouldn't mind using its... 64-Bittedness. I don't want to use Vista, though, so WinXP x64 seems like my only option. Should I just stick with WinXP 32-Bit?

It's been a while since I last used XP64. Only thing I would suggest is to make sure all your apps and hardware will be compatible.

**RAY16** · 11-12-2007, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by Uber_Tiny

It's been a while since I last used XP64. Only thing I would suggest is to make sure all your apps and hardware will be compatible.

All of my hardware has 64-Bit drivers, I'm mainly worried about the occasional incompatibility with games and applications. I see that even some newer games have glitches on 64-Bit operating systems, although that's not too common. Older programs are another story, though...

I'm fast approaching the point where I start to obsessively want to format and reinstall, and I figure that maybe I should give WinXP x64 a go. I just hope that if I do decide to put it on, I don't find myself wanting to go back to XP 32-Bit because of a bunch of program incompatibilities.

I've seen people say that XP x64 is slower than XP 32-Bit in nearly everything, but the vast majority of these opinions were made back when 64-Bit drivers still weren't widely available, and the ones that were out were a little unstable.

**Cjl64** · 11-12-2007, 03:32 AM

if i was going to to do 64bit.. it would be vista. I am running vista 64bit now and have had very little issues. At the moment i need to figure out if the lack of performance gain from SLI is something hardware or OS related.

**RAY16** · 11-12-2007, 06:33 AM

Well, Vista isn't an option at the moment. My system isn't exactly top-o-the-line, and Vista does carry a performance hit. One that I'd rather not have to deal with. Also, everybody and their mother says you need 4GB of memory to run Vista 64-Bit properly, and I only have 2GB.

**Cjl64** · 11-12-2007, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by RAY16

Well, Vista isn't an option at the moment. My system isn't exactly top-o-the-line, and Vista does carry a performance hit. One that I'd rather not have to deal with. Also, everybody and their mother says you need 4GB of memory to run Vista 64-Bit properly, and I only have 2GB.

I only have 2 GB and have no issues.... the crysis demo runs really nice with only the 2gb... granted i will upgrade to 4 not too far from now.