Interesting theory &#111;n the move to 64-bit systems

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Posted: 12 Nov 2007 at 3:42pm

Yep eventually everyone will catch up with us few. :)

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Posted: 12 Nov 2007 at 4:18pm

"I can see gamers demanding +6GB of address space within the next couple of years"...

4gigs of RAM and SLI GTXs gets pretty close to that now..

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Posted: 12 Nov 2007 at 5:27pm

It is the future.

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Posted: 12 Nov 2007 at 6:21pm

Originally posted by tirnaog

Yep eventually everyone will catch up with us few. :)

Eventually we will catch up with yall.. (got a 64 bit ultimate disk and key all ready for install when the time comes) but until then I will enjoy the added performance and compatibility I have in the present. Wink

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Posted: 12 Nov 2007 at 8:22pm

I'd have to agree with everything this guy says. Of course, he's saying two things:

The future of desktop computing will be 64-bit.
For the vast majority of people, there is no compelling reason to switch from 32-bit to 64-bit today.

Strangely, you can make the exact same statements about Vista, although Vista's future isn't quite as certain. Unless I can make it all the way to Windows 7, I will switch to Vista at some point, and it will be the 64-bit version, but there is no compelling reason to do so today. Perhaps Crysis will be the first drop in the flood of compelling reasons; perhaps not.

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Posted: 13 Nov 2007 at 12:23am

Originally posted by tirnaog

Yep eventually everyone will catch up with us few. :)

My wife's a developer, so when I told her I was ready to replace my old computer with the dying hard drive rather than upgrade it, the first thing she said was "Are you going to get a 64-bit OS? Then you can go above 4gb of RAM".

Ultimately it came down to drivers and whatnot, so I went with the 32 bit...though she offered to write any drivers I might need!

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