64-bit yet?

triggerthat · 6 Jul 2006 at 18:26

I have an MSDN account and I noticed there was Window XP 64-bit available. Is it worth changing to this as I need to format my machine? How is the driver support?

zetec452 · 6 Jul 2006 at 19:26

Driver support will depend on your hardware.

I wouldn't bother myself.

There are a few threads on XP 64bit, probably worth having a search.

Energize · 6 Jul 2006 at 19:35

No, 64-bit after 2 years is still useless.

Otacon · 6 Jul 2006 at 19:39

Energize said:
No, 64-bit after 2 years is still useless.

Give over.

triggerthat - you can find a 64bit FAQ in one of the stickies

philhoole · 6 Jul 2006 at 22:03

Energize said:
No, 64-bit after 2 years is still useless.

Sigh.. No it's not.

Energize · 6 Jul 2006 at 22:32

philhoole said:
Sigh.. No it's not.

It is if you need to ask. Games/encoding apps dont take advantage of it for a start, in fact there isnt much that does desktop wise making it useless for 95% of computer users.

Otacon · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:22

Energize said:
It is if you need to ask. Games/encoding apps dont take advantage of it for a start, in fact there isnt much that does desktop wise making it useless for 95% of computer users.

... but that's nowhere the tripe of a sweeping statement you came out with.

Indy500 · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:25

For a start, Farcry has a 64bit patch and there are 64bit encoding apps available (even the 32bit ones get a speed boost in XP64).

BlizzardX · 7 Jul 2006 at 09:13

To be honest I've always found the x64 variations to be much more responsive, espcially when combined with a decent amount of ram. Shame the drivers where somewhat lacking, but they've come on in leap and bounds recently. Also a shame that adobe and sun dont have x64 versions of flash and java....Grrr!