Windows XP PRO 32bit vs 64bit ?

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

Well I recently picked up a legit copy of Windows XP Professional 32 and 64bit version. I have installed right now XP PRO 32bit version. What if any, would I benefit going to the 64bit version?

System

AMD 64 X2 5600+

2gb DDR800

WD Raptor 36gb

MSI 8600GTS

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[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

Well I recently picked up a legit copy of Windows XP Professional 32 and 64bit version. I have installed right now XP PRO 32bit version. What if any, would I benefit going to the 64bit version?

System

AMD 64 X2 5600+

2gb DDR800

WD Raptor 36gb

MSI 8600GTS

IDE200gb

External 250gb.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

good job on two posts.

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

64bit won't improve much since most programs don't utilize the technology, but it certainly won't hurt your performance. I believe there may be some issues with driver support though.

 

[photocrazy8 10+ year member]

64 bit with those raptors is amazing, just general usage of your computer will improve greatly

i run 64 bit with a raptor and its nuts fast

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

There are some apps that do not work well with XP's 64-bit OS. I would do a little research on the programs you use to make sure they are 64-bit supported.

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Finding drivers for everything will be an issue.

 

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

good job on two posts.

What?

Mobo

ASUS M2NPV-VM AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Model

Brand ASUS

Model M2NPV-VM

Supported CPU

CPU Socket Type AM2

CPU Type Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64

FSB 1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)

Chipsets

North Bridge NVIDIA GeForce 6150

South Bridge NVIDIA nForce 430

Memory

Number of Memory Slots 4×240pin

Memory Standard DDR2 800

Maximum Memory Supported 8GB

Dual Channel Supported Yes

Expansion Slots

PCI Express x16 1

PCI Express x1 1

PCI Slots 2

Storage Devices

PATA 2 x ATA100 4 Dev. Max

SATA 3Gb/s 4

SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD

Onboard Video

Onboard Video Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6150

Onboard Audio

Audio Chipset ADI AD1986A

Audio Channels 6 Channels

Onboard LAN

Max LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps

Rear Panel Ports

PS/2 2

LPT 1

Video Ports D-Sub + DVI

USB 4 x USB 2.0

IEEE 1394 1 x IEEE 1394a

eSATA 3Gb/s 1

Audio Ports 3 Ports

Onboard USB

Onboard USB 4 x USB 2.0

Onboard 1394

Onboard 1394 1x 1394a

Physical Spec

Form Factor Micro ATX

Dimensions 9.6" x 9.6"

Windows Vista Certified for

Features

Power Pin 24 Pin

Packaging

Package Contents M2NPV-VM

User Manual

Driver Disk

Rear I/O Panel Shield

FDD Cable

2 x IDE/PATA Cable

2 x SATA Cable

Power Cable

IEEE 1394 Bracket

HDTV/AV/AS Output Module

As far as gaming, not so much really. Not until Starcraft 2 comes out at least. I use it often for internet browsing, chatting, winamp/wmp and what not. Sometimes I'll open up adobe photoshop to resize some pictures here and there.

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

From what I understand, you would not be gaining much. What do you primarily use the pc for now? Browsing, im, games, that sorta stuff?

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

64bit xp only allows you to use Only 64bit programs

 

[Bloodstalker999 10+ year member]

You would gain a lot of head aches because of lack of support as far as drivers, IMO if you want to use a Mainstream 64 bit OS vista is the only way to go, because all of software developers will contour their programs around the 64 bit architecture in Vista where as if you use an older OS they usually don't spend much time developing support for it because its older and in the process of disappearing.

I would go with the XP 32 bit version just because you shouldn't have a problem getting the right drivers and software.

EDIT: To my knowledge as far as gains go the only thing that has been proven to perform better is security and compression due to the more complex 64bit algorithms used.

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

if ur gonna go with 64bit i would just get vista

if ur gonna go with 32bit i would just go with XP

64bit XP sucks

 

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

Didn't notice I made a double-post. Can mod delete my other post.

 

[DjiNN 10+ year member]

I will hopefully be the last to say this on this thread .. go XP Pro because Sixty four bit BLOWS