32bit vs 64bit machines
Ok...another dumb question before I either upgrade current computer or go new. Decided this should be separate from my other post. Currently have a 2008 HP Pavillion Desktop running Vista Home P...
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AsheGuy wrote:
Actually everyone posting here is talking about the side-effects of a 64-bit processor. The basic difference between a 32-bit and 64-bit processor is that all data is 64-bits. This allows many benefits including larger address space for memory hence larger processor memory space, faster data transfer since it is 8 bytes at a time rather than 4 bytes, higher number precision, etc. ...
People here have been posting about the PRACTICAL difference between having 32-bit vs 64-bit cpu and the major difference for the great majority of users is the ability to address more than 4GB of RAM.
In theory a 64-bit processor should be faster but in reality most users see very little performance improvement.
