[snipes040]

this is probably a stupid question but I am running windows xp professional and I was wondering if it would be best to install windows xp x64 edition to make my pc faster and what not...?? Any help??

thanks

[-Sevendust-]

depends what your system is.

I just put vista 64 on 2 days ago and love it. I dont know why so many people bitch.

[snipes040]

oh well I am running xp professional SP2 with a AMD Turion 64 processor. but you love it eh?? I'll probably install it then.

[-Sevendust-]

Originally Posted by snipes040

oh well I am running xp professional SP2 with a AMD Turion 64 processor. but you love it eh?? I'll probably install it then.

You really need to give me your system specs and ill let you know if you should or not.

[snipes040]

alright here they are:
service tag
product name HP Pavilion
operating system
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
version 5.1.2600
PID 76487-OEM-0011903-00101
service pack 2.0
language 1033

System Information
BIOS version F.26
Help and Support version 4.2.0006


Support Phone Number
Select your present location


processor
AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-40
version x86 Family 15 Model 36 Stepping 2
current speed 2190 MHz
cache size 1024 KB

memory
Maximum capacity 4.00 GB
Installed memory 1.00 GB
Memory Slot 1 512.00 MB
Memory Slot 2 512.00 MB

hard drive
total capacity: 93.15 GB
sum of hard disks ( C: )
used: 46.72 GB
free: 46.43 GB

[-Sevendust-]

Id say you wont gain anything by upgrading. If you have nothing to lose by doing it, go ahead and try it out and switch back if you dont like. But your comp isnt that good for vista.

[MSP]

It won't gain anything really, unless you plan to upgrade to more than 4GB of ram. Oh, and you'll lose quite a lot of driver support, etc. I'd skip it.

[-Sevendust-]

Ive had no problems with my drivers. Its actually been a nice switch

[tex]

Originally Posted by -Sevendust-

Ive had no problems with my drivers. Its actually been a nice switch

At this point it seems to be fine, especially for OEMs. Building your own is still not close to XP, but if you have a system from the past 2 or so years from a major vendor (Such as HP in this case,) you should be pretty set

[snipes040]

ya I don't want to upgrade to vista but I have windows xp x64 edition...

[MSP]

Well, you could always create a Ghost image of your current setup in case you want to go back. You've got the software and the interest, why not?

[Lord Kain]

Originally Posted by -Sevendust-

depends what your system is.

I just put vista 64 on 2 days ago and love it. I dont know why so many people bitch.

Probably because you did not install it one year ago when all the x64 drivers were even more trash than for vista 32

But I agree, I don't have problems anymore with my Vista 64

[gB dAvId x]

Would you guy's say that vista 64 bit is a lot faster then vista 32 bit? I have a intel core 2 duo 2.2 ghz with 1 gig of ram, but don't mind getting an extra gig or 2 gigs if you guy's think i will get much more performance out of vista 64...

[-Sevendust-]

Get 4 gigs. 4 gigs costs 80 bucks.

I wouldnt say faster or slower. I just happen to like it alot more then xp. I might be in the few though.

[gB dAvId x]

I'm already running vista 32 bit and everything runs fine and dandy with 1 gig, just wondering if 64 bit will make things run even better...

[sensemann]

64bit is not necessarily faster thann 32bit. only specific applications that really utilize 64bit gain performance. i doubt you will see any difference in "normal" windows work.
you might even have a problem with the drivers, since they are not as mature as for 32bit systems (i switched back to 32bit because of that).


btw, unless you have a decent graphics card i wouldn't upgrade to vista. i f you do, then it's worth it definately.

[snipes040]

alright well I don't think i'm gonna upgrade then ...thanks a lot guys for your help!