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05/23/2005 10:37:25 PM · #1 |
How many of you have used or use the 64 bytes on there pc's? i have a amd athlon 64 bytes and never used it in 64 bytes is it worth using it?
What are the advantages?
I have not used it due to software compitability(wrong spelling for sure)?
Please lend me your thoughts.
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05/23/2005 10:42:09 PM · #2 |
its bits... or 64 bit, and no I have not gone that route yet, but one day I will, the prices on the hardware need to get real cheap first....
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05/23/2005 10:51:14 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Discraft:
How many of you have used or use the 64 bytes on there pc's? i have a amd athlon 64 bytes and never used it in 64 bytes is it worth using it?
What are the advantages?
I have not used it due to software compitability(wrong spelling for sure)?
Please lend me your thoughts. |
The main advantage is being able to address more than 4GB of main memory, which is the upper limit for 32-bit processors. A secondary advantage is a performance gain, due to the processor being able to move, store, and compute on 64-bit chucks of data at a time instead of 32.
If you don't need more than 4GB of main memory, and are happy with your current performance, you may as well continue to use it in 32-bit mode.
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05/23/2005 10:56:32 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Nordlys:
Originally posted by Discraft:
How many of you have used or use the 64 bytes on there pc's? i have a amd athlon 64 bytes and never used it in 64 bytes is it worth using it?
What are the advantages?
I have not used it due to software compitability(wrong spelling for sure)?
Please lend me your thoughts. |
The main advantage is being able to address more than 4GB of main memory, which is the upper limit for 32-bit processors. A secondary advantage is a performance gain, due to the processor being able to move, store, and compute on 64-bit chucks of data at a time instead of 32.
If you don't need more than 4GB of main memory, and are happy with your current performance, you may as well continue to use it in 32-bit mode.
Nordlys |
So i better stick with this 32-bit thing... and there is a lack of software comptability(again bad spelling, since i can't write it) right?
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05/23/2005 11:00:17 PM · #5 |
For 64-bit Windows XP non available software isn't the biggest problem currently...it is the device drivers that aren't working totally right just yet...
I'll run it on a work machine but not at home...
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05/24/2005 05:46:16 PM · #6 |
theres also on average a 30% increase in performance over 32bit apps when running the same app compiled for 64bit :)
but it will be next year when the major players will be up2 scratch
AMD make it easy because of their 64/32bit CPU's |
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05/24/2005 06:07:30 PM · #7 |
i love amd
any intel ppl wanna start a war?
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05/24/2005 06:26:00 PM · #8 |
I have a dual cpu 64 bit computer, the powermac G5, and the biggest difference between it and a dual cpu AMD64 is that the system and the software is actually 64 bit compatible on the mac.
winXP64 just doesn't work properly, and there is almost no software available for winXP64 that is made for 64bit architecture, so why make the computer is nobody makes software for it ??
but the AMD64 running linux is awsome, there you have a 64bit compliant system and plenty of 64bit software.
and there is a BIG difference between running a 32bit and a 64bit program, and having a second processor makes everything run even better :)
on the mac the system runs in 64bit mode on one cpu and photoshop has the other cpu to run on, if running in 32bit mode the computer splits the work between both sides of the cpu, so even with a 32 bit software you still use all 64bits in the cpu, and the progressbar that all windows user know so well.. it doesn't exist on the mac.. everything happens in realtime, no waiting :) but running on an old mac, the progressbar actually shows it self from time to time.
so working with a 500Mb imagefile in photoshop really isn't a problem, the biggest file I've had is 1,7GB, and it made the G5 run a bit like a windows machine.. exept there was no bluescreen, freezing, or errors of any kind.. maby that's the biggest difference :) |
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