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XP 64bit and Vista 64bit questions
I've got one computer to migrate to Vista Business 32-bit and one to migrate
to either XP Pro 64-bit or Vista Business 64-bit, but the questions involve both platforms. One computer is a 32-bit computer running XPPro, with it's printers shared out to a (second) 64-bit computer running XP Home 32-bit at the moment. The first is upgrading to Vista Business 32-bit, and the second one is going to upgrade to either XP Pro 64-bit or Vista Business 64-bit. Will the computer ending up at Vista Business 32-bit have issues after the upgrade sharing printer drivers with the 64-bit computer, or do I need to do separate driver installations for both printers (assuming I get printer drivers for Vista Business and XPPro 64-bit for both printers)? I would assume that printer drivers if both machines end up at Vista Business will be simpler. What wireless cards are available that run under Vista Business or Vista Business 64-bit? What wireless cards are available that run under XP Pro 64-bit? Will the 64-bit machine show any performance improvement in running Doom 3 and Quake 4 g? It comes with 2 gigs of RAM and a 512-meg ATI Radeon X1300 card in an AGP slot, and ATI just released 64-bit drivers for the card. The motheboard manufacturer has also just released 64-bit drivers for XP Pro and for Vista. |
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XP 64bit and Vista 64bit questions
You will need both 32-bit and 64-bit drivers for every device on your
system. 32-bit software will run in an emulation layer when running on a 64-bit system, so I doubt you will see performance increases. Same to decreased performance is the most likely outcome. Can't answer your other questions - check out the models of cards you're interested in and see if they offer Vista drivers or not. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Charles Chambers @cisaz.com" cchamb22 wrote in message ... I've got one computer to migrate to Vista Business 32-bit and one to migrate to either XP Pro 64-bit or Vista Business 64-bit, but the questions involve both platforms. One computer is a 32-bit computer running XPPro, with it's printers shared out to a (second) 64-bit computer running XP Home 32-bit at the moment. The first is upgrading to Vista Business 32-bit, and the second one is going to upgrade to either XP Pro 64-bit or Vista Business 64-bit. Will the computer ending up at Vista Business 32-bit have issues after the upgrade sharing printer drivers with the 64-bit computer, or do I need to do separate driver installations for both printers (assuming I get printer drivers for Vista Business and XPPro 64-bit for both printers)? I would assume that printer drivers if both machines end up at Vista Business will be simpler. What wireless cards are available that run under Vista Business or Vista Business 64-bit? What wireless cards are available that run under XP Pro 64-bit? Will the 64-bit machine show any performance improvement in running Doom 3 and Quake 4 g? It comes with 2 gigs of RAM and a 512-meg ATI Radeon X1300 card in an AGP slot, and ATI just released 64-bit drivers for the card. The motheboard manufacturer has also just released 64-bit drivers for XP Pro and for Vista. |
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XP 64bit and Vista 64bit questions
On Feb 19, 2:10 am, "Charles Chambers" wrote:
Will the 64-bit machine show any performance improvement in running Doom 3 and Quake 4 g? It comes with 2 gigs of RAM and a 512-meg ATI Radeon X1300 card in an AGP slot, and ATI just released 64-bit drivers for the card. The motheboard manufacturer has also just released 64-bit drivers for XP Pro and for Vista. Unless those games have 64-bit versions, it's unlikely you'd see any performance gain. |