Vista 64Post Date: 2008-08-13 |
Post Reply 
|
Page 12> |
| Author | |
Drumbanger 
Newbie 
Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 37 |
 Quote Reply
 Topic: Vista 64Posted: 13 Aug 2008 at 3:57pm |
|
I'm thinking of upgrading from Vista Home Premium 32 bit to 64 bit. What problems can I expect
Thanks,
Drumbanger
850icase
4gb 1066 dominator
680isli motherboard
8800GTX video card
Intel 6700 cpu 2.66mz
2 500 tb hd
Thanks,
Drumbanger
|
|
|
Drumbanger
|
|
 |
|
|
Drumbanger
Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 37 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 14 Aug 2008 at 7:50pm |
|
Thanks so much for the great advice, I'm going for it.
Much Thanks,
Drumbanger
 |
|
|
Drumbanger
|
|
|
|
|
DST4ME
DS ELITE 
Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 at 1:42am |
|
Keep me posted DB, I'm in the same shoes.
|
|
|
|
|
rai-zero
Newbie
Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 98 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 10:14pm |
|
I was going to ask the same thing 32 v 64.
do normal things like youtube work as well as regular retail programs like games work OK with 64 or is a hastle to get things to run?
thanks. Edited by rai-zero - 21 Aug 2008 at 10:37pm |
|
|
|
|
Duke
Newbie
Digital Storm Customer Service 
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 262 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Aug 2008 at 4:25pm |
|
I encourage everyone to purchase x64 bit software. Lets get rid of 32bit already, its doing nothing but holding us back. The only problem you will have with x64 is with software and devices you shouldn't even be using anymore anyways. Get rid of that dot matrix printer sheesh.
|
|
|
EMAIL & MSN:
[email protected] |
|
|
|
|
DST4ME
DS ELITE
Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Aug 2008 at 7:45pm |
|
As much as I like to do that, all softwares can't run on 64bit yet.
|
|
|
|
|
tirnaog
Groupie 
Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 211 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 17 Sep 2008 at 11:45am |
|
Yuo should have no problem.
YouTube works fine as long as you use the 32bit browser. It defaults to that by the way.
|
|
|
My DS PC:
CPU: Intel i7 2700K OCed 4.4ghz MB: {not sure :( } Memory: 8 gigs Video: 570 GTX 1gb nVideo Sound: Built in OS: Win7 64 Ultimate |
|
|
|
|
RickinVa
Newbie
Joined: 08 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 17 Sep 2008 at 8:53pm |
|
I agree with the 32 bit explorer, too many sites did not work well with the 64bit...
but now I use Firefox so I am still at 32 Edited by RickinVa - 17 Sep 2008 at 8:53pm |
|
|
|
|
david5182
Groupie
Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 215 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 17 Sep 2008 at 9:04pm |
|
Flash does not work with 64bit IE.
|
|
|
|
|
DST4ME
DS ELITE
Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 17 Sep 2008 at 9:10pm |
|
I never understood the difference between surfing in 32 and 64 bit
|
|
|
|
|
david5182
Groupie
Joined: 13 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 215 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 at 12:22am |
|
Supposedly, the difference will eventually be in speed. But atm, the only difference is the fact that 64bit doesn't work half the time. That's exactly why the default IE in x86 and x64 Windows is the 32bit version.
|
|
|
|
|
DST4ME
DS ELITE
Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 at 12:47am |
you got that right 
|
|
|
|
|
tirnaog
Groupie
Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 211 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 at 12:27pm |
|
Its not that the 64 bit don't work its because there is no Flash 64bit from adobe.
Those guys are really friggen slow.
|
|
|
My DS PC:
CPU: Intel i7 2700K OCed 4.4ghz MB: {not sure :( } Memory: 8 gigs Video: 570 GTX 1gb nVideo Sound: Built in OS: Win7 64 Ultimate |
|
|
|
|
NewByte
Newbie
Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 at 6:49pm |
|
I have been thinking about doing this for a long time and after doing my research, I think I am ready. But at the risk of asking some stupid questions...
I currently have Vista Home Premium 32-bit (installed by Digital Storm). I want to upgrade to Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
It seems like the Vista upgrade comes with the 32-bit media and "instructions on how to obtain a 64-bit DVD". So, do I need to buy the Microsoft Vista upgrade ($119)? Or am I entitled to a 64-bit disk for free? If I am entitled to it, how do I get it?
Anyone know?
|
|
|
|
|
DST4ME
DS ELITE
Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 at 6:53pm |
|
For that its best to call DS.
|
|
|
|
|
SPA Man
Senior Member 
Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 113 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 20 Sep 2008 at 8:17am |
|
Harleyman, why did you decide to go from 64 home to ultimate?
|
|
|
|
|
glwald
Newbie
Joined: 20 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 20 Sep 2008 at 3:35pm |
|
I'm also considering 64 bit, do all the games work with esp call of duty 4 and medal of honor airborne am having to buy a new computer or upgrading mine just to play the games
|
|
|
Gary
|
|
|
|
|
DST4ME
DS ELITE
Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 20 Sep 2008 at 3:37pm |
|
He means basic to ultimate
The difference is in backup and how much ram the os can handle, and remote access, actully there is lots Edited by DST4ME - 20 Sep 2008 at 3:37pm |
|
|
|
|
tirnaog
Groupie
Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 211 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 at 7:32am |
|
Call of Duty works no problem. I don't have the other so I don't know. but would be very surprised if it didn't. :)
|
|
|
My DS PC:
CPU: Intel i7 2700K OCed 4.4ghz MB: {not sure :( } Memory: 8 gigs Video: 570 GTX 1gb nVideo Sound: Built in OS: Win7 64 Ultimate |
|
|
|
|
tirnaog
Groupie
Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 211 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 at 7:46am |
|
Here take a look at this thread; It has a list of apps that work with Vista64. Hope this helps you.
|
|
|
My DS PC:
CPU: Intel i7 2700K OCed 4.4ghz MB: {not sure :( } Memory: 8 gigs Video: 570 GTX 1gb nVideo Sound: Built in OS: Win7 64 Ultimate |
|
|
|
|
Axel Daemon
Senior Member
Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 623 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 at 1:22pm |
|
Woah thanks! I've been trying to look for this to no avail during the next time I thought about it lol.
|
|
|
"People believe in people who believe in others."
|
|
|
|
|
Chris W.
Newbie
Digital Storm Tech Support
Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 149 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 at 3:21pm |
|
Randy and I were kicking this around as far as we know you have to do a straight reformat to go to 64 bit, as games and some software adds a x86 line in the registry so that it knows to run it as a piece of 32bit software.
And as far as compatibility goes, use any browser but IE and you are fine, and even then you won't notice a difference from 32bit/64bit browsers but when it comes to have 3 gigs of ram to 8 gigs of ram (thats the difference you will notice :P) I always recommend Vista 64bit and even then it does have a compatibility mode to let you run as XP in case it doesn't work natively in Vista. |
|
|
<img src="http://www2.razerzone.com/tag-generator/label_images/1222492484_2122770270.jpg" border="0" />
|
|
|
|
|
tirnaog
Groupie
Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 211 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 at 7:32am |
|
Never Upgrade OS over an older version!
Thats the rule to remember. Never seen a upgrade go good like that.
A clean install is the way to go. Very little problems going that direction. Usually just a driver thingy. :)
|
|
|
My DS PC:
CPU: Intel i7 2700K OCed 4.4ghz MB: {not sure :( } Memory: 8 gigs Video: 570 GTX 1gb nVideo Sound: Built in OS: Win7 64 Ultimate |
|
|
|
|
gamerk2
Groupie
Joined: 28 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 198 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 at 8:53am |
|
These days, 64 bit is almost mandatroy, with GFX cards eating up a GB of RAM apiece. 64-bit Vista is ok, especially since 32-bit apps are now coded to run properly on a 64-bit machine instead of crashing.
If people could code right, 8-bit code could run on a 64-bit OS. The problem is people write programs assuming a certain amount of bits, and fail to protect against changes that could be made in the future.
I wrote many 16-bit apps for windows 3.1. Despite Vista not supporting 16-bit apps, they work fine.
Most 32-bit stuff works on 64-bit now, so I'd recommend Vista 64 (although with a XP SP2 or 98 SE dual-boot :D)
|
|
|
|
|
workingman
Senior Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 411 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 7:28am |
|
i wish adobe would make flash work on vista 64..thats my only complaint
|
|
|
|
|
workingman
Senior Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 411 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 12:09pm |
|
i havent missed the frames HM...much more impressed with the graphics..but to each his or her own...if the puter goes south because of vista i got xp waiting...my butt may be big..but i always try to keep it covered
|
|
|
|
|
Tyler Lowe
Newbie
Joined: 14 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 12:14pm |
|
Xp is also 100% slower than Vista in DX10 mode.
|
|
|
|
|
workingman
Senior Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 411 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 1:20pm |
|
wouldnt be using dx10 on xp anyway
Edited by workingman - 24 Sep 2008 at 1:21pm |
|
|
|
|
Kliebor2
Senior Member
Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 1:29pm |
|
That was Tyler's entire Point WM
 DX10 is Vista only  Edited by Kliebor2 - 24 Sep 2008 at 1:30pm |
|
|
Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
|
|
|
|
Kliebor2
Senior Member
Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 1:52pm |
|
I see no mention in Microsoft sites about DirectX 10 being a preview.
I see all sorts of DirectX 10 video proving it is tremendously better, especially for texture overlays... and I see a bunch of Direct X 11 next generation preview stuff out there, but DirectX 10 is definitely better, far better, see the ultimate case in point Bioshock in DirectX 10 mode... the graphics are absolutely amazing. Dave |
|
|
Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
|
|
|
|
NewByte
Newbie
Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 2:18pm |
|
I would comment that DX10 is, as with all DX updates, incrementally better, not vastly superior.
I have yet to see a good explanation, though, of why DX10 does not work on XP. My uneducated assumption is that the DX drivers should be dependent on the video card rather than the O/S, so my guess is that it is a Microsoft/nVidia conspiracy!
|
|
|
|
|
workingman
Senior Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 411 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 2:25pm |
|
well i dont think nvidia had anything to do with it..but i think microsoft had everything to do with it..to push their gaming system (microsoft games) on computer users.and requiring them to have dx10 and how do you get it...you got to have microsoft vista of course.....too bad that idea fell flat on their heads..lmao..there are just two many gaming alternatives..to hold the public hostage to make them use a not so freindly computer system...someday microsoft will learn....someday..
|
|
|
|
|
Kliebor2
Senior Member
Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 2:41pm |
|
I will agree it may have been a poor decision not to make DX10 available on XP, however, I read somewhere that DX10 relies on certain ehnacements in the Vista Graphics engine that may have made coding DX10 for XP a much larger project or maybe even a complete recode of some important Vista code into a non operating system specific portable format that they just did not want to do.
Again it is a marketting decision on Microsoft's part I am sure, I am not particularly fond of their often heavy handed tactics, however that said, I can understand where they are coming from working in Software myself, we code new features, we do not put them back in the old version because we want our clients on our latest version, it lowers our support and development costs and makes troubleshooting infinitely easier. Dave |
|
|
Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
|
|
|
|
workingman
Senior Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 411 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 2:44pm |
|
|
|
|
|
Kliebor2
Senior Member
Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 3:07pm |
|
That is why companies exist, peoples jobs depend on revenue.
Name me a company that says we love the world so much we give our product away, pay top rate wages and just blow money with no income because we are rich already... Times Up... you can't because they do not exist.. Dave Edited by Kliebor2 - 24 Sep 2008 at 3:08pm |
|
|
Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
|
|
|
|
Post Reply
|
Page 12> |
| Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |
About Digital Storm
Contact Information
Facility Tour
Financing
Buy Now, Pay Later
Downloads
GSA Schedule
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Request Help
Call: 1-866-817-8676
(Hours 9AM-5PM PST)
Topic Options