64bit vista slower than 32bit????

Bradmax57 · 22 Jun 2008 at 16:04

May sound weird, but i have the dual retail version of vistal ultimate but have generally just used the 32bit version, tried the 64bit version last week and so far im finding things generally slower, especially startup and general useage, both versions running a q6600 and 4gb ram with 1tb sata, both have been upgraded to sp1, im thinking maybe ive just had a dicky install as ive had it in the past with xp where one isntall on same hardware would be faster than another....

Is it just me?

lsg1r · 22 Jun 2008 at 16:25

it could be a start up app, I've found a lot of apps are still 32bit which means they run in 'virtual' mode. Doesn't have an issue most of the time but some programs really are not coded well for this in my opinion.

Bradmax57 · 22 Jun 2008 at 16:48

lsg1r said:
it could be a start up app, I've found a lot of apps are still 32bit which means they run in 'virtual' mode. Doesn't have an issue most of the time but some programs really are not coded well for this in my opinion.

cool, well im gonna try 32bot again

see how i get on

braveheart · 22 Jun 2008 at 19:14

32bits used 16bits app as backward but 64bits used 32bits app as backward but not support 16bits app...

Burnsy2023 · 22 Jun 2008 at 19:49

Bradmax57 said:
cool, well im gonna try 32bot again see how i get on

And sacrifice your 4gb RAM?

Burnsy

Bradmax57 · 22 Jun 2008 at 21:08

Burnsy2023 said:
And sacrifice your 4gb RAM?

Burnsy

back on 32bit, boot time is half of what 64bit was, like i say maybe i just had a iffy installation

iMacMart · 22 Jun 2008 at 22:26

By 32bit (2.2ghz C2D) work lappy is slower booting compared to my 64bit (3.6ghz C2D) 4gb home machine?

May be because its a laptop though...

Defiance_co · 22 Jun 2008 at 23:30

Duuno about x86 vista, but in x64 i goto msconfig/boot/advanced options/ and set number of cores for cpu

This can speed initial bootup somewhat

Maybe try this and see if same in vist x86

Ciao

Def

Phil2008 · 23 Jun 2008 at 02:36

Bradmax57 said:
back on 32bit, boot time is half of what 64bit was, like i say maybe i just had a iffy installation

Vista 64bit uses more mem then 32bt so you wont be loosing much free memory going back to 32bit

PhillyDee · 23 Jun 2008 at 07:37

tweakinfreak said:
By 32bit (2.2ghz C2D) work lappy is slower booting compared to my 64bit (3.6ghz C2D) 4gb home machine?

May be because its a laptop though...

Hard drive is probably slower than the desktop.

iMacMart · 23 Jun 2008 at 09:16

PhillyDee said:
Hard drive is probably slower than the desktop.

Good point! 5400

Stellios · 23 Jun 2008 at 10:01

Defiance_co said:
Duuno about x86 vista, but in x64 i goto msconfig/boot/advanced options/ and set number of cores for cpu

This can speed initial bootup somewhat

You aint kidding mate, wish I knew about that 6 months ago. Its made booting into Vista a lot faster. I presumed it would know to use all 4 core on loading in, obviously not.

Adsta · 23 Jun 2008 at 10:40

Duuno about x86 vista, but in x64 i goto msconfig/boot/advanced options/ and set number of cores for cpu

You sir are a god ! i did not know this and now i do.

i must check my config when i get home.

Having said that tho i run vista ultimate 64 spec as in siggy. An my comp still boots up fairly quick