32bit & 64bit vista and 1 confused noob

EDDS · 22 Jan 2007 at 01:19

I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to 32bit and 64bit o/s's, is 64bit backwards compatible with 32bit applications?

in short, is it worth getting 64bit over the 32bit version?

thanks for any replies

BloodWolf · 22 Jan 2007 at 01:32

yes 64 can run 32 stuff

RumbleBee · 22 Jan 2007 at 09:40

As Bloodwolf pointed out you can run 32bit apps. The only issue I see on a 64bit OS is drivers. Now this wont be a problem with your 'bigger' brands such as Nvidia, ATI and creative, but may be a problem with devices such as mobile phones. My friend was unable to connect his K750 on Windows 64 and has not found a solution to this day. I'm assuming Vista 64 bit will require seperate drivers as the previous 64bit windows did.

Edit.
A current issue for gamers is the Copy protective software that some games are using. eg.. fahrenheit will not run on 64 due to this.

Tute · 22 Jan 2007 at 13:05

Vista x64 runs all your x86 applications at full speed.

The only difference is that it needs 64 bit drivers.

EDDS · 22 Jan 2007 at 18:52

thanks lads

just one more thing i want to know that will defo work is flight sim x? anyone know if it has any trouble running on vista 64bit?

cheers

Tute · 22 Jan 2007 at 23:53

The guy 3rd post down has it running in Vista x64.

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=247477

BloodWolf · 23 Jan 2007 at 00:55

I'm sure in the future RumbleBee. I hope everything is supported.

EDDS · 23 Jan 2007 at 01:03

cheers, thanks very much

one last thing. i have 2gb of ram, will that be enough for vista 64bit?

rapid64k · 23 Jan 2007 at 01:13

Yes as 2 gb is recommended

Tute · 23 Jan 2007 at 01:13

EDDS said:
cheers, thanks very much

one last thing. i have 2gb of ram, will that be enough for vista 64bit?

Easily. At this stage, 2GB is considered high end.