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Old September 29th 03, 04:29 PM
Pccomputerdr
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Unless a new version of 64-bit operating system gets released, you will not see
performance improvement from any 64 bit cpu.

As a matter of fact, 64 bit cpu goes into emulation mode to run 32-bit
applications, and such emulation slows down the process to run any 32-bit
application.

There is a long way to go for a 64-bit cpu platform. In terms of operating
system compatibility, Microsoft has to start building 64-bit operating system
from scratch. There is a 64-bit version of XP that Microsoft is currently
working on, but for now, the operating system is very unreliable. As for games
not specifically written for 64-bit cpu, forget it! It will be worse than
running emulated windows operating system on Mac. You can't play emulated games
with slow performance. No matter how superior the 64-bit cpu might be, the
emulated games will be slow. Nothing is like the real thing.