Thread: 32bit vs 64bit
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Old 06-29-2009   #5 (permalink)
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Re: 32bit vs 64bit

Thanks for the info Curious,

Jerry

"Curious" <spammenot@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The 64 bit hardware can move data twice as fast and can execute the
> equivalent of two 32 bit instructions per machine cycle. However, to get
> this benefit from a 64 bit machine you have to be running a 64 bit OS. In
> the future more and more applications will also be coded in 64 bit and
> will therefore also run faster when running with a 64 bit OS. If running
> applications such as video editing or video file format conversion which
> use a lot of memory they will run faster with a 64 bit OS since it can
> support system memory larger the 4GB.
>
> "Badger" <jerrymcm@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> What's the advantage of using 64bit on my machine instead of 32bit?
>>
>> Curious
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