64bit and games

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Thomas Andersson

Hi!

Asking for my brother who is upgrading to 64bit AMD now.
If he installs XP Pro 64bit does that affect gaming? (better/worse?) What do
you people use?
Any advice?
 
Hi!

Asking for my brother who is upgrading to 64bit AMD now.
If he installs XP Pro 64bit does that affect gaming? (better/worse?)
What do you people use?
Any advice?
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I have XP Pro 64bit, and play a few games, and I would suggest you NOT
getting it. The drivers aren't as good, come out later, and for some
hardware, impossible to find. If you get a dual core, get the normal XP
Pro. Wait for the next Windoze (Vista?) to go 64 bit.

After saying all that, if the game he's going to play the most has a 64bit
version, and requires the 64bit OS, go for it. I've heard the 64bit
versions are better.

I haven't heard of any games that run easily on XP, having problems with
the 64bit versions, only driver problems.


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Thomas Andersson said:
Hi!

Asking for my brother who is upgrading to 64bit AMD now.
If he installs XP Pro 64bit does that affect gaming? (better/worse?) What do
you people use?
Any advice?
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Driver support for XP64 is lousy. sound,video,printers etc. It's all in the
early stages or non-existent. Stick with XP or W2K. AMD64 bit CPU's are just
fine running those OS'es and games.
 
dawg said:
Driver support for XP64 is lousy. sound,video,printers etc. It's all
in the early stages or non-existent. Stick with XP or W2K. AMD64 bit
CPU's are just fine running those OS'es and games.
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While I agree with only using XP64 only if you need it, I have to disagree
with ALL the drivers. The NVidia drivers are at the same version as the
32bit ones! It's the outside stuff (printers/scanners) that aren't up to
snuff. Though my Brother MFC-420CN works just fine.



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David said:
While I agree with only using XP64 only if you need it, I have to disagree
with ALL the drivers. The NVidia drivers are at the same version as the
32bit ones! It's the outside stuff (printers/scanners) that aren't up to
snuff. Though my Brother MFC-420CN works just fine.
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There are many devices which work fine, but there are many peripherals
that lack drivers.

Windows x64 has been out nearly a year now, but my HP 6540 inkjet
printer does not have 64-bit drivers yet, nor does the 2600n a friend
has. HP keeps saying they will release drivers later, but after this
long, I doubt we'll see anything until Vista is released.

And while HP has a workaround to get my 6540 working in x64, it is
SEVERELY limited by the driver with poor support for more advanced
printing options.

Oddly enough, the HP 3500n we have at work has 64-bit drivers available.
So HP isn't ignoring development completely, they just seem to be very
selective about it.

Another friend has the Canon ip3000 and it has 64-bit drivers available.
 
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