How much faster is xp 64 than 32? Is vista 64 ready for prime time yet? Will 64 bit make video editing faster? I have some questions on this and if anyone can answer I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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Jump to PostFrom my experience, XP 64 isn't faster than XP 32 unless the application is compiled to take advantage of 64 bit processing.
In more (but not geekish) detail, XP 64 provides benefit where you can take advantage of 64 bit registers. An application compiled as 32 bit will not …
Jump to PostDont get 64.
32 has more drivers for it, 64 is very buggy and has limited drivers
Jump to PostDont get 64.
32 has more drivers for it, 64 is very buggy and has limited drivers
I'm not sure what jbennet says is the best reason for not getting XP64. It works perfectly well and I use it daily.
Limited drivers? A moot point; all the nVidia drivers …
Jump to Postmake sure you have PAE and remember to use the /PAE and /3gb switches if you have 4gb of ram or else XP will only use two
Jump to Postmake sure you have PAE ... switch....
This article will explain PAE.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx.... /3gb switches if you have 4gb of ram or else XP will only use two
The /3GB switch only applies to server versions of Windows so far as I know.
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