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It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. XP bit vs bit for gaming. Joined Oct 1, Messages 2, 0. I'm in the process of building an XP-era machine for a bit of semi-retro gaming. I'm considering bit because it will make better use of the dual-core CPU, but I just wanted some opinions from you guys.

I've done a bit of research, and the general consensus seemed to be that XP64 was okay for gaming, provided you could get drivers for your hardware.

That doesn't appear to be an issue for me, as all the hardware I intend to put in it has appropriate drivers.

I was an XP64 user myself back in for a while, and the only problem I encountered was some software incompatibility, but from what I recall that was primarily due to "flags" being set by the developer into the installer when it would actually run fine if you extracted the program files yourself.

Anyone here have any thoughts on the matter? Joined Oct 17, Messages 9, 2. Who games on that? And seriously how many people do you know who even use WinXP x64? Or even ever used it? Man, Psycros, I'd really like to defend you, just because I'm almost always defending the underdog.

But I simply can't here. You are clearly in some exclusive club that most of us are not. Most people have never even heard of XP 64, yet you have a whole group of people that use it and even at that apparently have not even thought of other OSes. Regardless of your expierence with XP64, I think it is fairly well known I have not, nor will I try to fact check this that XP 64 has horrible compatibility problems. Those were addressed in Vista 64, and further adressed in 7 Subpar driver support, as you said.

Is ALL of that fixed now? I bet it isn't, I bet there is some new hardware out there that has vista and 7 64bit support that isn't supported in XP You are latching onto a dying OS. Embrace and further argue for the server side of it, your argument on the user side is dying with and before the support for Vista.

Know why? Because Microsoft didn't make bit versions of XP--not for consumers, anyway. But I essentially don't get the point: Why choose a dying, out-dated system?! That sounds like the kinda thing my dad would do. Just because "it has been around longer", in his words. There are some situations where you need the older OS Marno. For instance, in our medical departments here they have very expensive hardware that requires Windows 98 and drivers that only work when you use that OS.

You have to make other arrangements in situations like this such as putting up hardware firewalls around these machines. I get it. But IMHO that's unlikely the case with gaming. Windows 7 x64 has the option to install and run in Windows Xp mode.

It also has Compatibility mode for running software designed for any of the older versions of Windows. I have a few software that will only run in Windows 98 compatibility mode. Windows XP Pro x64 on my PC is rock solid, and compatiable with all of my peripheral devices - printer, scanner, TV tuner, and sound card!

XP64 is far superior to Win7 the only possible reason to use Win7 would be if you played your game at DX11 max res,for anything else a properly setup XP64 machine will kick a Win7 in the nuts. As I understand it, the argument is that despite many technical, physical, and ergonomic deficiencies, XP64 can cause testicular injury to the corresponding Windows 7 system, to wit bit. Which is fair enough If you do go with xp x64, like CzarKasm said, it is windows server , so if you're gettting drivers, your first priority is xp x64, if drivers for that doesn't exist, go for windows server x64 drivers.

Joined Nov 5, Messages 44, I just don't understand why people just refuse to accept that you install Windows 7 and that's about it. It's simply a top notch OS, I have it on a dozen systems of all kinds, it just works. Joined Jun 27, Messages XP x64 works just fine and you can game on it, although there really is no reason to use it over windows 7.

If you don't like how 7 looks you can make it look just like XP, I use classic shell to get the start menu to look like it does in XP for example. I used XP x64 for years on all 5 of my systems and I had no problems at all. Last edited: Dec 2, As pointed out, XP x64 does not play all games correctly. I once tried to benchmark it vs other OSes and some games Left 4 Dead I specifically remember would not play on it correctly. I wouldn't bother.

Joined Aug 14, Messages 4, Its time to make the jump to Windows 7. Anything previous should be destroyed. Left for dead works fine in XP x There were only a few games I had problems with, Doom3 RoE was the one I remember and that was only because the installer would misdetect the OS and not install. It worked fine after a quick hack of the installer.

Joined Jan 8, Messages 8, Joined Jul 31, Messages 2, Most of the issues I had were from programs that wouldn't install because they "detected" that I was running a server OS.

Win XP just works perfectly for me on any system That's the reason I and others still use it. Hope you understand now. Something that's works good should never be destroyed.

It should be retired. Please stop including Vista as a possible solution. Windows 7 is where it's at. If Microsoft had only waited a few more years and got it right CzarKasm said:. CrimsonKnight13 said:. Despite common knowledge, Vista SP2 is close to being a derivative of 7 due to certain features matching it.

If someone owns a license for it, nothing wrong with anyone making use of it. Regardless, I still recommend 7 over any other desktop OS from Microsoft.

I can't speak for anyone else though in regards to your post though. Having a Vista license just means being able to purchase a Retail Upgrade license for 7. That was the reason I did not use win xp x No firewall program worked on it. Last edited: Dec 3, Maybe in a couple of years it will be worth considering moving to XP64, but I can't see any point in doing so right now. Originally posted by slavik what about Far Cry and the 64bit patch???

Its not even out yet. This is now. For most things it doesn't make much of a difference either way. Who knows what the future will bring. Is Starforce a copy-protection app? Originally posted by soupnazi Wasn't UT supposed to come out in a 64bit version?