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September 4th 06, 11:22 AM
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x86 vs x64 performance
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Asus A8N-SLI Athlon x2 x64 3800+ 2GB RAM NVidia GeForce 6600GT 300GB SATA drive The performance of x86 RC1 is fine. I'd rate it close to WinXP performance. Today I installed the RC1 of x64, and overall it seems "snappier" than the x86 version. Is this to be expected? 
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September 5th 06, 01:38 AM
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x86 vs x64 performance
Yes. a 64 bit OS, running 64 bit software will 9 out of 10 times run snappier
than its 32 bit version. I don't know the exact reason, but its in the coding (as is everything else) lol ... Only problem with 64 bit is driver issues (not having ones available) and some apps wont function properly even in a 32 bit compatibility mode... Vista will ship with both 32 and 64 bit on the same DVD luckily so those of us with 64 bit processors can test both out. By release hopefully most of the 64 bit driver issues will be resolved as manuf develop proper drivers (any unsigned drivers will not install in x64 which could be a big issue with older hardware) "Roberto Baggio" wrote: I have: Asus A8N-SLI Athlon x2 x64 3800+ 2GB RAM NVidia GeForce 6600GT 300GB SATA drive The performance of x86 RC1 is fine. I'd rate it close to WinXP performance. Today I installed the RC1 of x64, and overall it seems "snappier" than the x86 version. Is this to be expected?
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September 5th 06, 01:49 AM
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x86 vs x64 performance
Hi,
Hmmm, When I received my beta 2 dvd it had 2 dvd's. One x86 and 1 x64. Jeff "Cyberwolf" wrote in message ... Yes. a 64 bit OS, running 64 bit software will 9 out of 10 times run snappier than its 32 bit version. I don't know the exact reason, but its in the coding (as is everything else) lol ... Only problem with 64 bit is driver issues (not having ones available) and some apps wont function properly even in a 32 bit compatibility mode... Vista will ship with both 32 and 64 bit on the same DVD luckily so those of us with 64 bit processors can test both out. By release hopefully most of the 64 bit driver issues will be resolved as manuf develop proper drivers (any unsigned drivers will not install in x64 which could be a big issue with older hardware) "Roberto Baggio" wrote: I have: Asus A8N-SLI Athlon x2 x64 3800+ 2GB RAM NVidia GeForce 6600GT 300GB SATA drive The performance of x86 RC1 is fine. I'd rate it close to WinXP performance. Today I installed the RC1 of x64, and overall it seems "snappier" than the x86 version. Is this to be expected?
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September 5th 06, 02:27 AM
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x86 vs x64 performance
Beta yes, Actual release? No.
Reason : Beta OS's were huge due to debug code and not being fully optimized yet. Final versions will be smaller (32 bit Beta 2 was like 4 gigs, Pre RC1 was only 2.4) "Jeff" wrote: Hi, Hmmm, When I received my beta 2 dvd it had 2 dvd's. One x86 and 1 x64. Jeff "Cyberwolf" wrote in message ... Yes. a 64 bit OS, running 64 bit software will 9 out of 10 times run snappier than its 32 bit version. I don't know the exact reason, but its in the coding (as is everything else) lol ... Only problem with 64 bit is driver issues (not having ones available) and some apps wont function properly even in a 32 bit compatibility mode... Vista will ship with both 32 and 64 bit on the same DVD luckily so those of us with 64 bit processors can test both out. By release hopefully most of the 64 bit driver issues will be resolved as manuf develop proper drivers (any unsigned drivers will not install in x64 which could be a big issue with older hardware) "Roberto Baggio" wrote: I have: Asus A8N-SLI Athlon x2 x64 3800+ 2GB RAM NVidia GeForce 6600GT 300GB SATA drive The performance of x86 RC1 is fine. I'd rate it close to WinXP performance. Today I installed the RC1 of x64, and overall it seems "snappier" than the x86 version. Is this to be expected?
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