Another 64bit question...

BuToNz

BuToNz

BuToNz

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Hey all,

I was pondering on the idea of 'upgrading' from 32bit Vista to 64bit as i recently brought another 2GB of RAM and am now totaling 4GB. As expected Vista 32bit only sees 3.25GB.

What i was wondering is that if i upgrade is there anything to look out for? Such as drivers issues with certains parts of my hardware or things that will really crush my windows experience?

Im happy on 32bit at the moment, everything runs fine and dandy. But just seems abit silly having almost 1GB of RAM going to waste.

What are peoples experiences with 64bit?

Thanks for any help guys if its worth it i'll do it :)
 
hd mkv files aren't supported properly in 64bit media centre, such an annoying little thing

i'm considering downgrading back to 32bit (after waiting a year for 64bit tv card drivers, lol)
 
just waiting for a proper 64bit decoder, you can play them fine in 32bit media players in vista 64
 
So you mean you can still play MKV files in 64bit? As all of my anime is pretty much MKV that would be my reason not to 'Upgrade' if i couldnt play them.

Other than that its worth it right? I mean i dont think much would use a full 4GB really but i thought id do it now while i have the time and saves doing it when i have to.

My specs are:
Q6600
DS4 Gigabyte
4GB G.Skill
8800GTX 768MB

Worried about:
Abit Airpace
X-Fi Fatality Xtreme Gamer
Compro E700 TV Card

Anybody experience probs with those pieces of kit? I HATE the whole driver signing thing.
 
sorry to jump in on your thread but no point starting another but having the same thoughts to move to 64, is it an ok platform for playing all my games collected from the past 5yrs at least?
 
I got a feeling they should be all ok, as 64bit is backwards compatible with 32bit apps fine, i think drivers should be everyones main worry. Anyone shed some official word on this?
 
mr. sly there is no proper mkv 64bit decoder

the guy who makes media player classic released one, but compared to the 32bit one it's blocky and buggy

coreavc doesn't have one either

the files will work fine in windows media player, and media player classic etc, but not in Media Centre 64

the maker of Vista Codec Package confirms this.
 
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Right so lemme clear things up...Basically you mean MKV files dont work in Windows Media Center? So its nothing to do with external players just M$ and compatibility?

If this is the case thats no problem at all as i do not use WMC to play any files other than watch TV.
 
yup


they'll work fine in media player classic, windows media player, vlc whatever.. just media centre needs a 64bit mkv decoder (which a stable version doesn't exist yet, not ms's fault)
 
i'd just switch to Media Portal instead, a lot better than the standard media centre IMO
 
Fantastic!

Cheers for the advice, i'll be getting on placing my order for a 64bit copy of Vista then.

Thanks again.
 
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