64bit Vs 32bit

[Trinity]

How many of you guys are running 64bit OS Hardware and Software at a corporate level?

Does it really make much difference to the way applications run?

 

[CoXeY]

I'm just registering my interest in the post as I would like to know the same thing!

I've got a couple of PE2950's sitting here and I'm not sure whether to run the 32bit or the 64bit version Windows 2003 Enterprise edition...


Dan.

 

[NVIDIA_x64]

I run x64 xp its runing well i use it for 3d animation there is not much diffrence between 32bit and 64bit if u are not using a lot of memory and you are able to get most of the drivers for your hardware used to be a problem in the past. some people find it hard to get Webcams and printer drivers but i did not have a problem

If you use software/hardware that is 64bit it will be faster.

 

[Trinity]

Correct me if i'm wrong someone please. BUT

If you are running dual Xeon 32bit processors on a server, is this not the same as running one 64bit processor in a new server?

In addition, dual core 32bit Chips. Are these not effectively 64bit as well?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Correct me if i'm wrong someone please. BUT

If you are running dual Xeon 32bit processors on a server, is this not the same as running one 64bit processor in a new server?

In addition, dual core 32bit Chips. Are these not effectively 64bit as well?

You're completely misunderstanding the concept here. The bit number is the length of number that can pass through the CPU's integer registers on one pass. A 32-bit CPU can handle up to 2^32-1. A 64-bit CPU can handle 2^64-1. It also determines the amount of memory that can be addressed.

It has nothing to do with the number of cores or anything like that.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

i run x64 and it does seem nippier to me especially when opeing folders which have over 5 thousand small zip files in them. i got 4 gigs of ram so i practically am limited to x64 os only.

good at doing other stuff too like windows media encoder x64 edition.