XP 32 or 64

[Shank]

Hey im not sure if i want to install this 64 bit version of XP or not, i have 1 copy for use but little worried on what its like, is the effort really worth it.

WHo of you run the 64 bit and what you think of it.

 

[kevinswan007]

so far looks good. i will do proper testing once i get my netgear drivers to work

 

[antowan]

Can be shaky to be honest. 64bit XP isn't outstanding in the driver region...

 

[kevinswan007]

it is sometimes harder to find drivers for 64-bit. but when everything is up and running, its runs really well.

im currently tunning dual boot. 32-bit xp/64-bit xp

got my netgear wireless card to work.

 

[Cadavre777]

Stable and fast, if you find drivers for your hardware. I've only come across a handfull of applications that simply wont work under x64, mainly because they relied on NTVDM.

 

[killadoob]

DO NOT USE WINDOWS XP 64 BIT

printer and scanner driver is non existant

 

[The_Techie]

In my opinion it's not worth it, rather stick to Windows XP x86 (or Windows Vista, if you must)

 

[Lino]

If you PC has 4GB or more of RAM use it, if not then use 32bit

 

[Pe-Killer]

Me and my one friend loaded windows Xp 64bit on his pc.And no games worked every game complained about the 64 bit platform and that it requires 32bit.We found drivers for everything but is there some kind of patch u need to install to get 32bit games to work on 64bit XP windows?

 

[Lino]

I used XP x64 and all of my games ran smoothly with out a problem. "Quick thread derail" what games were they?

 

[AirWolf]

What are the main differences between 32bit and 64bit?"

 

[Lino]

Quite a bit (gonna make this brief)... First of all 32bit computers have certian limit on the amount of memory they can access or rather use at one time. There are more but thats the most prominent difference. Now 64bit can access far more amounts of data.

For all the advantages of 64bit you MUST run a 64bit operating system.

Now a lot of 32bit OS's tend to only be able to use 3.5GB at most, sure there are exceptions and one can apply long workarounds but not always affective. XP 32bit tends to have this problem and so does Vista 32bit.

Windows XP 32bit kernal system is build 2600+ (SP2 if you have installed it)

However Windows XP x64 bit edition (which can process far more than 4GB RAM, I think it can go up to 128GB not sure though) is actuley build 3900. Which is exactly the same as Windows Server 2003.

In other words Xp x64 is a stripped down version of Windows Server 2003, thats why often drivers will work for both OS's etc. Due to it being 64bit and in essence a different a kernal to regular XP, special drivers are needed for the hardware to run.

If you have a 64bit PC with 4GB Ram, all the drivers for a 64bit OS,, (and of cause the software runs on it); you will have a system thats far more stable than its 32bit counterpart.