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    64bit?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Psynalizer, Oct 12, 2008.

  1. Psynalizer

    Psynalizer Notebook Consultant

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    So I bought myself the acer 8930 which has 32 bit vista
    I know vista doesn't use part of the ram but my question was, does it really make a performance change to reckon with?
    Also a few friends of me told me that my processor would not be supported very well by 64bit :confused: What's up with that? They say I need a 64 bit processor although many people here on the forum seem to do a clean install on models which have the same processor as mine :confused:
     
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  2. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    Your friends don't know what they are talking about. You have a 64bit processor.

    As for performance, I found that 64bit Vista was a bit faster than 32bit but not worlds of difference.
     
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    *** indeed. For one thing, a processor either supports the 64-bit arch. or it doesn't. There is no "pretty good" or "great" support. The second correction is that the Core 2 does support the 64-bit architecture; it always has.
     
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  4. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    You won't notice much of a performance increase. In some cases, one doesn't notice any increase at all. 64-Bit is good, if you have more than 4GB RAM.
    And as said, the T9400, and all Core 2 Duos are 64-bit Compliant. ( Intel EM64T)
     
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  5. Psynalizer

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    thx for your quick response guys
    really helpful :)
     
    Psynalizer, Oct 12, 2008
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    Psynalizer, I want your laptop!
    What did it cost? It's really expensive where I life. :(
     
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    I paid it about 1800 €uros which would be 2444,220844 US dollars :p
    which I think was a very good deal :)
    and very satisfied with it! :eek:
     
    Psynalizer, Oct 12, 2008
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