64-bit and Life

2011-01-06 22:47:35

#26

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6413|Vancouver | Canada

There's no way I'm going back to 32-bit.

But I use Photoshop/Premiere/AfterEffects/Maya/Zbrush a lot...

2011-01-07 03:52:44

#27

jaymz9350: Member; +54|6834

I don't use any apps that need 64 bit but I still wouldn't go back. With the amount of VRAM on today's mid to highend GPU's your limited to less than 3 gig of RAM which hell I sit at around 2 gig used idle (I'm not on to bitch about the OS using that much, unused RAM is wasted RAM)

2011-01-07 11:48:00

#28

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6878|London, England

Oh yeah, for sure. There's absolutely no reason to be installing a 32-bit OS unless your hardware says you have to. Everything runs fine even if it's 32-bit. Just that I was expecting there to be alot more 64-bit versions of big programs from big companies, I thought 64 has been around for awhile now

2011-01-07 12:10:07

#29

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6754

Mekstizzle wrote:
I was expecting there to be alot more 64-bit versions of big programs from big companies, I thought 64 has been around for awhile now

i'm running 64 bit Lightroom and Photoshop, but the biggest benefit i see is file transfer between my PC and my server.

2011-01-07 13:03:48

#30

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6974|Riva, MD

I might try to get my brother to switch over to XP Pro x64 next time he reinstalls his OS. And I say XP Pro because he couldn't get used to 7 when he tried it on his, so he still runs XP Pro x86.

But I'm wondering if anyone even bothers to make drivers for XP x64 because I heard it sucked a lot.

I'm mainly wondering about them for his motherboard, since everything except his videocard is integrated, which is a two or three year old ASUS but I can't remember the model number, and I already know his 9600GT is supported cuz I checked on nVidia's website. I know it's not specific at all but are there likely to be drivers for his motherboard?

2011-01-07 13:17:58

#31

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6754

_j5689_ wrote:
I might try to get my brother to switch over to XP Pro x64 next time he reinstalls his OS.

don't do it.

2011-01-07 13:45:31

#32

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6045|Catherine Black

I wouldn't.

2011-01-07 14:09:13

#33

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6256|The Mitten

_j5689_ wrote:
I might try to get my brother to switch over to XP Pro x64 next time he reinstalls his OS. And I say XP Pro because he couldn't get used to 7 when he tried it on his, so he still runs XP Pro x86.

But I'm wondering if anyone even bothers to make drivers for XP x64 because I heard it sucked a lot.

I'm mainly wondering about them for his motherboard, since everything except his videocard is integrated, which is a two or three year old ASUS but I can't remember the model number, and I already know his 9600GT is supported cuz I checked on nVidia's website. I know it's not specific at all but are there likely to be drivers for his motherboard?

XP x64 only sucks because people don't support it.
People don't support it because it sucks.
See a pattern?

Also, tell him to suck it up, 7 is

EE (hats

2011-01-07 14:27:50

#34

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6974|Riva, MD

Morpheus wrote:
_j5689_ wrote:
I might try to get my brother to switch over to XP Pro x64 next time he reinstalls his OS. And I say XP Pro because he couldn't get used to 7 when he tried it on his, so he still runs XP Pro x86.

But I'm wondering if anyone even bothers to make drivers for XP x64 because I heard it sucked a lot.

I'm mainly wondering about them for his motherboard, since everything except his videocard is integrated, which is a two or three year old ASUS but I can't remember the model number, and I already know his 9600GT is supported cuz I checked on nVidia's website. I know it's not specific at all but are there likely to be drivers for his motherboard?
XP x64 only sucks because people don't support it.
People don't support it because it sucks.
See a pattern?

Also, tell him to suck it up, 7 is

lmao

I think that house is magically causing both him and my cousin to be retarded. My cousin still has Vista Home Premium on his, and we both kept telling him to upgrade using my 7 Ultimate CD and he still didn't want to do it. XP with my brother I could understand, he couldn't figure out the new layout and was just used to XP, but my cousin has a run of the mill laggy Vista Dell that's still pretty sluggish doing normal things even after I upgraded it to 3GB of RAM and a 9800GT.

But I'm one to bitch, I've just discovered the error of my ways after continually reinstalling 7 in x86 on a QX9550 w/ 4GB of DDR2 and a GTX 260.

2011-01-07 14:38:04

#35

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6256|The Mitten

lol.

hatersgonnahate.gif

EE (hats

2011-01-08 10:51:05

#36

nickb64: formerly from OC (it's EXACTLY like on tv)[truth]; +77|5868|Greatest Nation on Earth(USA)

I still don't get why apple can't get their shit to update with incremental patches, but instead go for making you dl the whole thing again every time. I hate iTunes, as it's really shitty on windows in my experience, but it works well with my nano, as it should be.

I will finally be done with iTunes when I get a new phone, as I've finally got my mom to realize it's going to be cheaper for me to get a smartphone than to get one and a Touch, which she brought up after reading an article about how dedicated players will eventually be a thing of the past. My sister doesn't like the idea, as she wants both, but I think she'll get over it.

2011-01-08 12:22:13

#37

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6974|Riva, MD

I heard this thing about how Windows runs this sysWOW64 thing to emulate 32-bit and it hurts performance, although this doesn't happen for AMD processors.

What parts of that, if any, are true?

Last edited by _j5689_ (2011-01-08 12:23:02)

2011-01-08 15:27:32

#38

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6696|King Of The Islands

HaiBai wrote:
64-bit isn't supported enough yet

I had to check if it was 2006.

Nope.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2011-01-08 16:43:06

#39

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6406|'straya

HaiBai wrote:
64-bit isn't supported enough yet

I've had 64bit for 3 years now and have never come across a program I couldn't run.

2011-01-08 16:43:38

#40

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6696|King Of The Islands

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
HaiBai wrote:
64-bit isn't supported enough yet
I've had 64bit for 3 years now and have never come across a program I couldn't run.

What about SkiFree?

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2011-01-08 16:57:11

#41

HaiBai: Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me; +304|5741|Bolingbrook, Illinois

Cheez wrote:
HaiBai wrote:
64-bit isn't supported enough yet
I had to check if it was 2006.

Nope.

im sorry, are you a developer/reverse engineer/anyone where the internal working of the OS matters?

oh yeah, that's right, it doesn't matter what OS you use because the difference is negligible

2011-01-08 16:58:35