x86 vs x64 (REPORT)

[Gaura Mohana]

I just wanted to share my expirience on x86 vs x64

first of all, i have a pretty decent lenovo Thinkpad T61P laptop with the following specs,
Nvidia 570M GPU
and only 2gb of ram

and here is my system screen :


and Win+R = winver


anyways

upto the time when 7600 was released (on MSDN) i was using 7100 x32 and then finally i moved to 7600 x32
then out of curiosity, i decided to try x64 even though i have only 2 gigs of ram

so i did a clean install of x64, downloaded all the drivers (which exist- even WINDOWS 7 SPECIFIC!!!! (they are beta drivers) ) and BOOM

everything is faster

programs such as office 2007 launch in 3 seconds..... in games everything is faster


for example i used to get 25 FPS with everything on high when playing Microsoft Flight Simullator X. now with the SAME build, but x64 i get 34 FPS!!!!!!!!! with EXACTLY the same settings.

in one word, If you have a compatible proceessor, and you can find drivers for your hardware, UPGRADE to x64 EVEN if you have 2gb or more

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND YOU TO UPGRADE IF YOU ONLY HAVE 1GB -------
EDIT- i forgot to metion that i have NOT had even one BSOD, Hangup, or slow down ever since i installed it ( apprx a month ago)
--Gaura Mohana

[Gary]

I am glad that you have had a good experience with X64. I would recommend 2 more gigs of ram though. You nay come ac cross a program that will require it.

[tigerboy]

Hey Gaura,
i have tried x64 in my notebook once but drivers are problem. Where did you get the drivers? I like to try one more time.

[Browni]

I'm currently running 7600x64 & Office 2010 TP x64 with only 1.5GB of RAM and it runs sweet

[DarthVader]

I'm currently running 7600x64 & Office 2010 TP x64 with only 1.5GB of RAM and it runs sweet

I agree with you there I am running the same Window 7 Ultimate RTM x64 build 7600 and MS Office 2010 Technical Preview 64 bit with 2GB of memory and is running awesome for me..

[jovocop]

I agree with you there I am running the same Window 7 Ultimate RTM x64 build 7600 and MS Office 2010 Technical Preview 64 bit with 2GB of memory and is running awesome for me..

When did you move over to x64 DV?? You were a loyal user of x86 not that long ago ?scared?

Ps: I see you got your signature back, looks great my man. ?liar??biggrin?

[Gaura Mohana]

Hey Gaura,
i have tried x64 in my notebook once but drivers are problem. Where did you get the drivers? I like to try one more time.

hey dude...
just let me know what lappy you have, and ill try to find you some drivers

cool to hear that others are loving 64 too

[Sicundercover]

HINT: When you cant find W7 x64 drivers, substitue with Vista x64 drivers. With all the drivers I have decompiled the only ones that seem to have ANY differance are the Nvidia and ATI drivers. Everything else just seems to have different version detection, but version detection is retarded in the first place.

[DarthVader]

When did you move over to x64 DV?? You were a loyal user of x86 not that long ago ?scared?

Ps: I see you got your signature back, looks great my man. ?liar??biggrin?

Yup took me a little digging but found it on Imagine shack,as to x64 and x86 I am actually running both of them now on 2 separate Hard Drives,when I got the official RTM keys from Technet I decided to go ahead and run x64 to see how it goes and been loving it ever since..

[Gary]

I'm currently running 7600x64 & Office 2010 TP x64 with only 1.5GB of RAM and it runs sweet

IMHO you should use at least the minimum requirements of an OS. I am sure that it will run on less memory but there may come a point in time when it won't.:Thinking: