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What is the difference between 32 bit and 64 bit OS? Is 64 bit faster?
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What is the difference between 32 bit and 64 bit OS? Is 64 bit faster?
32 bit only reads 3.xx gigs of ram while 64bit can read 4 gigs or higher which can mean faster load times and etc

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32 bit only reads 3.xx gigs of ram while 64bit can read 4 gigs or higher which can mean faster load times and etc
64-bit is more than RAM...
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