Is there a reason not to go for 64bit win7?

Tripnologist · 16 Oct 2009 at 23:37

AcidHell2 said:
I'm having problems with PB and Cod:WAW but this has nothing to do with 64bit and everything to do with punkbuster not releasing a windows7 client as windows7 uses some diffrent processes and so can throw up errors for PB.

Not doubting you, but my experience with Win7 and COD:WAW is completely different. I've not been kicked or had a single problem with it. Granted I don't play it much but I've done about 25hours since I installed RTM.

inverseSquare · 16 Oct 2009 at 23:44

oap said:
If you'd done it earlier you could have got win7 home for £29.99 from various places, but its a bit dearer all over now.

I've been reading that

Tbh I didn't know i was buying a new machine a couple weeks ago, hardware failure has induced an upgrade

Ronaldo · 17 Oct 2009 at 00:19

punkbuster works fully with win7 RTM 32/64

tdream · 17 Oct 2009 at 02:22

punkbuster works for me with bf2 64bit win7

JimAroo · 17 Oct 2009 at 02:25

Win7 64 is fine, no complains at all here.

pingwing · 17 Oct 2009 at 03:24

Im going to be mean and say the only reason to ever go for a 32bit os for a new pc now is for being an idiot!

64bit has been around for a fair few years now, vista 64 is the first really usable 64bit windows and since its been sorted into a good os no one should ever contemplate 32bit windows (unless old p4 and older hardware is on the cards really...)

OrphanBoy · 17 Oct 2009 at 12:22

Aren't installers for old programs (in the late 90's) 16-bit programs (or use a 16-bit stub)? These would fail to work under x64.

Memphis · 17 Oct 2009 at 12:36

OrphanBoy said:
Aren't installers for old programs (in the late 90's) 16-bit programs (or use a 16-bit stub)? These would fail to work under x64.

Very true, however if you're running some such program, I would suggest now is the time to let go!

stifler · 19 Oct 2009 at 12:14

i'll be installing 64bit but will see an improvement in fps in enhanced for 64bit games.

Axil · 19 Oct 2009 at 13:48

So far with me there's only a few games that don't run on win 7 x64 and neither are a 64bit vs 32 issue

NWN2 (stupid DX version check that doesn't see more up to date version than DX10)

and
Sacred 2 (was working brilliantly and then thay patched it to 2.43 and broke 64 bit (vista and win 7) and Win 7 32 compatibility

Glaucus · 19 Oct 2009 at 13:49

You do know you can have more than one version of Direct X installed.

Diggsy · 19 Oct 2009 at 13:51

I have a reason for not going 64bit - Canon LBP5000. They haven't bothered to release a driver and it doesn't look like they will either

Glaucus · 19 Oct 2009 at 13:58

No drivers from unofficial sources?

If not you'll eventually have to buy a new printer, or waste a shed load of ram.

Diggsy · 19 Oct 2009 at 14:06

AcidHell2 said:
No drivers from unofficial sources?

If not you'll eventually have to buy a new printer, or waste a shed load of ram.

I haven't been able to find any. It's a shame as I still have a full set of toners and really wanted to go 64bit.

russ0r · 19 Oct 2009 at 21:17

Diggsy said:
I have a reason for not going 64bit - Canon LBP5000. They haven't bothered to release a driver and it doesn't look like they will either

You could always try getting a network print server and plugging it into that?

derkaderka · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:52

I suggest you do a dual boot

Xp 32 bit ( for gaming mainly ) , because most games run better/faster under Xp

Win7 64bit , for when you want to use serious 64bit apps that actually use more than 2G of ram.

Raumarik · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:55

Games run faster under XP 32 bit? Since when? Mine certainly don't!

Diggsy · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:12

russ0r said:
You could always try getting a network print server and plugging it into that?

Hmmm, never thought of that. Could be worth looking into. Thanks for the suggestion.

derkaderka · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:31

Kami said:
Games run faster under XP 32 bit? Since when? Mine certainly don't!

I suppose it depends on what games you play
The only one I found ran faster on win7 was DCS Black shark , when I benchmarked my
games under both O.S.'s

Which of the games you tested on both O.S.'s ran faster under win 7 64bit ?

Jabbs · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:39

I used to use 32 bit but when i upgraded to 2x2 gig ram i was advised to go on 64 bit, the only problem is i can't tell any difference between the 2, i see people say go 64 its better but where apart from reading 4 gig of ram that's it.