Windows XP 64bit

[twitchtwice]

I have a few questions. I have xp right now, I just built my new system(see specs) and i have 3 gigs ram installed right now because i hear the xp doesnt support 4. I was wondering if, since i have a 64 bit quad, putting the 64 bit version would allow better performance and allow the last stick of ram. Im pretty sure that the last stick of ram would work, but i wonder if there is a performance increase becaues of the 64 bit change.

Also, I was wondering if anyone is having any problems running any programs that standard xp would run no problem.

 

[twitchtwice]

bumpity bump

 

[footballdude2k3]

ok i could be wrong on this, but i thought that it was not the os that did not recognize the last stick of ram but the 32 bit processor that did not do it, i thought that if you upgraded to the 64 you would be ok

 

[twitchtwice]

See i have no idea, i havnt ever had this much ram. Someone i work with told me that on standard xp it wont recognize the last gig. Now i havnt even tried it, and i honestly dont care if it doesnt work, i mainly play counter strike source and burn movies, and i have a quad core with and a somewhat high end gpu, 4 gigs will almost be pointless, but i got 4 gigs for $89 and they came in packs of 2. the main reason i build my compouter the way i did was because its fully upgradeable. 4x pci x16 slots and the new am2+ processor, that way i dont have to buy new mobo later. That way later on down the road i can get more ram(2gig sticks) and more gpu's. Ect.


Anyways back to the point. My main concern was wether or not I would see a performance increase with 64 bit installed. Ive never even been on a computer with it and was wondering if it pulled a little more power out of my cpu because its 64 bit.

 

[footballdude2k3]

ok as far as i know the 32 bit processor only supported 3.5 gb of ram, and the 64 bit processor is supposed to support i believe 128 gb of ram, so as far as i know the regular version of xp would be the 32 bit version, so i believe that you should be ok, i would just put in the last stick of ram and boot up the computer and see if it recognizes it in your system.

 

[twitchtwice]

Yeah but I want to know if its going give me a performance boots because its the 64bit version of windows. Like will my apps be better run on my cpu because it is 64bit

 

[ride3k]

its not the processor that matters, its the OS, you need 64bit OS to recognize >~3.25gb of RAM.

Keep you in mind you still need a 64bit capable processor but almost every processor is nowadays anyways

 

[twitchtwice]

i just finished potting it on. nothing really different. Driver cd didn't work as nice as xp pro, but i just went to browse disk and found all the files. Only thing is the audio drivers didn't work but I'm getting them off the website for 64