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    Windows Vista SP1 32-bit vs 64-bit Performance?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Shaythong, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. Shaythong

    Shaythong Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, I was wondering if Vista SP1 will give me better gaming performance (excluding the GPU) on 32-bit or 64-bit? If I only play 32-bit games, and only 3GB of RAM, then would the 32-bit install provide better performance? I heard NVIDIA drivers were more stable on 32-bit. And is it true that Vista uses more CPU than RAM in 32-bit right? I suppose there will be a small fraction of lag when running 32-bit applications under 64-bit because the code is being translated into the architechure (WoW64).
     
    Shaythong, Dec 21, 2008
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  2. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    stewie, Dec 22, 2008
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  3. Shaythong

    Shaythong Notebook Evangelist

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    Strange... and does 64-bit allow the O/S to work better with multicore processors?
     
    Shaythong, Dec 22, 2008
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  4. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    If the application is designed specifically for multi-core and 64-bit, then yes the performance should be better with a 64-bit OS.

    :)
     
    stewie, Dec 22, 2008
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    True. But I don't think there are any advantages for multi-core that don't also apply to single-core 64-bit systems.
     
    swarmer, Dec 22, 2008
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    It's 2008. We stopped "supposing" in public years ago.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Operating_modes

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Professional#Windows_XP_Professional_x64_Edition

     
    S.SubZero, Dec 22, 2008
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  7. Shaythong

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    That's good to know that 32-bit applications don't run any slower. :)
     
    Shaythong, Dec 23, 2008
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