Windows 64 Questions (& Answers) - Page 5

Necrosis · Mar 5, 2006, 08:48 AM

Whoa back the truck up. Seriously try it first before you buy it.

Gardinen · Mar 5, 2006, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

Whoa back the truck up. Seriously try it first before you buy it.

Oh, that I will do. Just have to find a DEMO first.

**Asmoday** · Mar 5, 2006, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Gardinen

Oh, that I will do. Just have to find a DEMO first.

Here you go...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/6...ion/trial.mspx

Chaos · Mar 5, 2006, 11:04 AM

I hope you like it, I really find a difference myself

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 5, 2006, 03:00 PM

well i tried out vista and it was cool looin, but that was bout all, wasnt much to do, so i signed up for the XP 64 trial, how long is this trial anyway? when i booted i registered cause it said i had 14 days, but ive seen nothing of another time limit?....

so far so good, found all my drivers on asus's ad VIA's sites, just gettin settled in, so ill see how games feel in a bit, Question, should most apps just work(give or take a few, im sure), just go about like regular,selecting 64 bit installations and such whenever available?

Chaos · Mar 5, 2006, 03:14 PM

yes the apps should work pretty much the same as ever, but if you do get the option to install 64bit versions you should see a performance increase if the app is well coded

Judas · Mar 5, 2006, 03:17 PM

pretty much... before you install anything.. do a search and see if they have a specific 64bit instruction setup or something.. cause if you can, make the most outa your 64bit installation

only a few games that require the installation of there own stupid little (copy protection) driver that is only 32bit will generally not work.... other then that... everything else seems to install and work very very quickly on any system i've ran..

The only minor differences i've found is slot of 32bit programs that are 3D or benchmarks that are 32bit tend to have occasionally a lower result....not all that much slower result mind you....

But alot of the 64bit native apps.. expecially UT2004 64bit, shows some very seriously good results....

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 5, 2006, 04:02 PM

tried installing crap cleaner, it went, thats when i noticed the 2 separate program files folders, it works but the integration into he recyclin bin right click menu isnt there, no biggy,

a lil bummed the program (icon packager) that i used to change my icon package all at once was shareware and only the registered version supports x64, i hate the defaults, any one know of a way to get an icon package file installed on x64?

and this evaluation copy i downloaded, does anyone know exactly what restriction and\or time limits it has??

Judas · Mar 5, 2006, 04:11 PM

i beleive it's 180 days on the trail version

hohum · Mar 5, 2006, 05:28 PM

Going to try using x64 as my main O/S soon, as I've checked around and pretty much all the apps I use either work or have a newer version available that supports x64.

However, one thing I'm not too clear on is audio/video codecs... are these affected in any way? I tend to use XviD a lot for example, so it's gonna be a bit of a problem if that codec doesn't work. I'd like to assume they will work fine, but can someone clear this up for me? Thanks.

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 5, 2006, 05:54 PM

dunno bout the codecs hohum?......

i found this post containing some links to 64 bit patches and versions of various programs. Check it out! Its over at atomic PC forums , not bad

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 5, 2006, 08:06 PM

does any1 have experiance runnin ATI tray tools under x64, wandrin how this would go as i dont like loadin up the CCC to fiddle with my card, it really is a hog

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im seein the newest tray tools supports Win 2003, i know x64 is its cousin as per my recent reading, is it safe to say 2003 compatible progs are compatible with x64, im just concerned about this cause the driver i installed was 64 bit, not the regular catalyst so is this regular ATI TT ok?

Necrosis · Mar 5, 2006, 09:30 PM

So far I've found most apps that work with 2K3 work great /w XP x64.

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 6, 2006, 02:57 AM

well uninstalled the CCC, installed the latest ATI TT and all is good, now for the tasty part!, installed Farcry with the 64 bit update and content, all i can say is WOW!, excuse the pun but this is the way it was meant to be played right here! smooth as i have ever played the game, everything was maxed in game with 2aa 4af via TT, definatly a huge difference in playability and the IQ is superb as well, use to have alot of lil anomilies (flashig textures, etc...) but now i havent seen any in the lil bit i played.

very happy so far, i can see usin this here for awhile while vista gets its footing, might even have to pay for a copy after awhile, hehe

Necrosis · Mar 7, 2006, 12:32 AM

Indeed Farcry is great. This weekend I hope to try the 64 version of Half Life 2!