Should I update windows?

xirokx · 17 May 2006 at 03:10

Hi,

Currently im running xp pro sp2....should I update to xp corp x64?

whats the diff if any?

whats more stable?

is x64 a beta version?

pls help/pls advise

thanks in advance...

good nite

AJUK · 17 May 2006 at 08:12

Do you have a 64 bit processor?

hp7909 · 17 May 2006 at 08:23

AJUK said:
Do you have a 64 bit processor?

Harsh

But, yeah do you, e.g. AMD Athlon 64, Sempron 64, FX & Opteron also Intel Processors with EM64T? & also do you have any exotic hardware like some old or less known make sound card, etc? Because you might find Windows x64 don't support it

Like, my Asus WiFi PCI card did not work with x64. Drivers might be available now, but not bothered to look because I moved back to XP (vanilla) :cool:

EDIT: Just seen the title of your post, 'Should I update windows?' you know that x64 is a whole new OS? You will have to install it just like XP not just apply it. But it can also run side by side with another OS (XP, Linux, etc) as a Multi-Boot option at Boot time.

Pyrosoft · 17 May 2006 at 08:58

hp7909 said:
Harsh

Harsh, but the first question that should be asked

From reading the first post I'd guess that he doesn't...therefor no upgrade is possible let alone recomended.

If using a 64 bit machine then I'd say that it was the way forward...yes?

xirokx · 17 May 2006 at 12:50

i have a opty 170

regarding old components i have a 7900gtx, no sound card, 150g raptor, pioneer 111 dvd rw.....so I am guessing it would be worth it?

I would use it as my primary OS....

Just wanted to find out if it was worth switching from xp pro sp2 to xp x64...

so what do you think?

squiffy · 17 May 2006 at 12:52

How much RAM do you have?

Pyrosoft · 17 May 2006 at 12:54

Ahhhh well...I'd say aye, go for it.
It's designed for 64 bit machines, so you might as well install it and get the extra speed out of it

csmager · 17 May 2006 at 13:01

The general rule on these forums appears to be that if you don't know what advantages it would give you, you don't need it.

There are problems with driver support and application compatibility in some areas, so it would most probably be wise to wait until Vista is released to change to a 64-bit OS.

hp7909 · 17 May 2006 at 13:10

xirokx said:
i have a opty 170

regarding old components i have a 7900gtx, no sound card, 150g raptor, pioneer 111 dvd rw.....so I am guessing it would be worth it?

I would use it as my primary OS....

Just wanted to find out if it was worth switching from xp pro sp2 to xp x64...

so what do you think?

Go for it, but like I said there's no harm installing it on another partition, side-by-side with XP. Thats because you never know what issues (printer drivers, & can't think of any other - except my CRT monitor needs its proper drivers to run properly & there none for x64, & before you ask its a Gateway 19" made in like 2003) could be lurking

earlyflash · 17 May 2006 at 13:53

Unless you need to use > 3GB of RAM, don't upgrade, there's little point.

I seem to remember some benchmarks showing that x64 ATI drivers were slightly slower than 32bit ones... I might be wrong here though.