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Old 04-19-2007   #8 (permalink)


 
 

Re: Pentium D 3.0GHz 64-bit capable or not?

P.S. My Dell Dimension 8400 has the following:
Intel Pentium 4 630 Series 3 GHz Processor
Nvidia GeForce 6800 Graphics Card (64 Bit Driver Available at Nvidia.com)
Broadcom 57xx Integrated Ethernet Controller (64 Bit Driver Available at
BroadCom.com)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Sound Card (64 Bit Driver Available at
SoundBlaster.com)
Intel 925 Series Mother Board (64 Bit Chipset and SATA Controller Driver's
Available at Intel.com)

My Gateway DX420B has the following:
Intel Pentium D 830 Series 3 GHz Processor
Ati Radeon X1300 Graphics Card (64 Bit Driver Available at Ati.Amd.com)
Intel 965 Series Mother Board (64 Bit Chipset, SATA Controller, Integrated
Ethernet, and Integrated Sound Driver's Available at Intel.Com).

<kevpan815@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23%23AjGTsgHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have no Head Ache's at all with 64-Bit Windows Vista Ultimate Edition on
>both my Dell Dimension 8400, and my Gateway DX420B Desktop Computer's (All
>Device Driver's work with out any problems whatsoever), Just Fyi.
>
> "Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote in message
> news:BB8FA52A-EA9C-4BED-A85C-27007E055503@microsoft.com...
>> Unless you're doing some hefty computing, you will only have headaches
>> with the lack of 64-bit capable drivers. Many devices do not yet have
>> these drivers.
>> "Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:46EBE6DC-4361-472D-804B-B155F024E176@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>>> I had a question regarding my processor. I know that it's a 64-bit
>>>> processor, however when looking around Windows I'm getting conflicting
>>>> information (see screenshot). Does this mean I need to update my bios
>>>> or chipset driver? I'm a bit confused.
>>>
>>> There's no conflict there at all. The X86 is the family name. Your CPU
>>> can run 64-bit programs and OS.
>>>
>>> Tom Lake

>>

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