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[Toms]Gaming In 64-Bit: Tom's Tests, Microsoft Weighs In
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Someone come and delete all the 4chan meme's from the first page.
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I guess you missed the part of reading the article....
And games aren't the only things you run in an OS... well, at least for most people.
Originally Posted by benko and we can see that you get 0 better perfomanse with 64bit os, i think i will go back to 32bit because of these |
And games aren't the only things you run in an OS... well, at least for most people.
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Er, yeah, because almost all the games we play today were created for 32bit, so none of them were coded to take advantage of 64bit extensions and such. Even Crysis just had the 64bit thrown in there to appeal to 64bit gamers. That version of the game actually operates at a loss in most cases.
I'm surprised you didn't get the same gist that I did: that 64bit gaming hasn't taken off yet and that server 64bit is only just picking up. It'll be the next year or so before we see 64bit take hold properly and you can ALL thank Windows Vista for that, like it or not.
Originally Posted by benko and we can see that you get 0 better perfomanse with 64bit os, i think i will go back to 32bit because of these |
I'm surprised you didn't get the same gist that I did: that 64bit gaming hasn't taken off yet and that server 64bit is only just picking up. It'll be the next year or so before we see 64bit take hold properly and you can ALL thank Windows Vista for that, like it or not.
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Originally Posted by Kryten Someone come and delete all the 4chan meme's from the first page. |
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Whenever I play Company of Heroes it uses about 2.7 GB of memory. That wouldn't be possible on a 32-bit machine.
Originally Posted by benko and we can see that you get 0 better perfomanse with 64bit os, i think i will go back to 32bit because of these |
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Crysis didn't just have 64-bit thrown in..... It required 64-bit for development. The developers left the 64-bit extention in for release. The 64-bit extention is needed for map making.
Originally Posted by Kryten Er, yeah, because almost all the games we play today were created for 32bit, so none of them were coded to take advantage of 64bit extensions and such. Even Crysis just had the 64bit thrown in there to appeal to 64bit gamers. That version of the game actually operates at a loss in most cases. |
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but the article is specifically "Gaming in 64-bit"
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but yah should have compared stuff like boot times, copying files, burning dvds etc.
Originally Posted by DuckieHo I guess you missed the part of reading the article.... And games aren't the only things you run in an OS... well, at least for most people. |
but yah should have compared stuff like boot times, copying files, burning dvds etc.
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quite right
Originally Posted by nathris Tom's fails again. 64bit is useful because as of right now there are many games that use more than 2GB. For those of us with sub $1000 computers we can't use 3GB without losing dual channel: its either 2 or 4. By testing on an i7, with triple channel memory they remove the memory limitation, since, as shown in the test, very few games use more than 3GB. Were they to do the test with a Core 2, or even an i7 in dual channel mode, I guarantee you the results would be much different. In Crysis warhead the difference between 2GB and 4GB for me is about 50%, since Warhead running under Vista through Steam uses over 2GB even on medium. |
quite right
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Didn't know that, myself. Why'd they make us wait for Warhead 64bit, then?
Am I right about the other stuff, though? Most games these days are only 32bit?
Originally Posted by DuckieHo Crysis didn't just have 64-bit thrown in..... It required 64-bit for development. The developers left the 64-bit extention in for release. The 64-bit extention is needed for map making. |
Am I right about the other stuff, though? Most games these days are only 32bit?
I remeber when Crysis first came and Crytek siad you would need a Quad to play the game maxed out, then I beleave it was in Maximum PC the did a bunch of benchies and showed that Crysis was only using 2 of the 4 cores at max settings in DX10 but that what was really slowing the game down was it's high use of virtuall memory, going to a 64 bit system with 8 gig of ram and turning windows page file off the game really showed a lot of improvment in play and graphical detail but alas Crysis is still the exception rather than the norm when it comes to advanced PC gaming
IMHO 64 bit is the only way to fly when Win 7 64 bit is released I will buy it but for now I exsist in winxp32 bit using 3 of my 4 gigs of ram
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(edit) dual booting win7 just for Crysis and Warhead
IMHO 64 bit is the only way to fly when Win 7 64 bit is released I will buy it but for now I exsist in winxp32 bit using 3 of my 4 gigs of ram
(edit) dual booting win7 just for Crysis and Warhead
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What a waste of that 285.
Originally Posted by slickwilly I remeber when Crysis first came and Crytek siad you would need a Quad to play the game maxed out, then I beleave it was in Maximum PC the did a bunch of benchies and showed that Crysis was only using 2 of the 4 cores at max settings in DX10 but that what was really slowing the game down was it's high use of virtuall memory, going to a 64 bit system with 8 gig of ram and turning windows page file off the game really showed a lot of improvment in play and graphical detail but alas Crysis is still the exception rather than the norm when it comes to advanced PC gaming IMHO 64 bit is the only way to fly when Win 7 64 bit is released I will buy it but for now I exsist in winxp32 bit using 3 of my 4 gigs of ram
(edit) dual booting win7 just for Crysis and Warhead |
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Ever heard of punctuation?
Geez man, you had some very valid points, but sadly no one will read them because you don't use proper grammer. It's in the TOS, just take your time and type professionally. In the end, it will make you a better person and benefit the site more.
Originally Posted by slickwilly I remeber when Crysis first came and Crytek siad you would need a Quad to play the game maxed out, then I beleave it was in Maximum PC the did a bunch of benchies and showed that Crysis was only using 2 of the 4 cores at max settings in DX10 but that what was really slowing the game down was it's high use of virtuall memory, going to a 64 bit system with 8 gig of ram and turning windows page file off the game really showed a lot of improvment in play and graphical detail but alas Crysis is still the exception rather than the norm when it comes to advanced PC gaming IMHO 64 bit is the only way to fly when Win 7 64 bit is released I will buy it but for now I exsist in winxp32 bit using 3 of my 4 gigs of ram
(edit) dual booting win7 just for Crysis and Warhead |
Geez man, you had some very valid points, but sadly no one will read them because you don't use proper grammer. It's in the TOS, just take your time and type professionally. In the end, it will make you a better person and benefit the site more.
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