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Cam I use 32bit programs on a 64bit OS?
    #7946079 - 01/28/08 04:31 PM (16 years, 4 days ago)

I plan on dual booting my vista computer so I can play games on WINXP.
Can I use steam & other 32biyt apps on WINXP 64bit?

Or should I just go with a 32bit version of WINXP?


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Re: Cam I use 32bit programs on a 64bit OS? [Re: BUDDHA_702]
    #7946553 - 01/28/08 06:01 PM (16 years, 4 days ago)

Generally speaking you need to use 64-bit applications on a 64-bit OS, but XP64 has the 'Windows on Windows' emulation layer which allows you to run most 32-bit programs with a small performance hit. Hardware drivers have to be native 64-bit. From my experience, performance is worse or the same as 32-bit XP for most tasks and there are many weird incompatibilities. I wouldn't recommend XP64, especially if you'll mainly use it to run 32-bit applications. If you want to play with 64-bit, Linux is probably your best option at the moment.


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Re: Cam I use 32bit programs on a 64bit OS? [Re: Ythan]
    #7947471 - 01/28/08 08:23 PM (16 years, 4 days ago)

Cool, thanks


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