Upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit.

[Sanius]

Alright, here's the deal. I decided to get a new CPU and motherboard upgrade. 3200+ 64bit and a motherboard to match. But I want to know, what precautions should I take before, and after I upgrade?

 

[Ricemarine]

IF your into OS installation. don't install 64-bit, performance over driver problems = not worth it...


If you're just installing amd 64, you have nothing to worry over... It's just like a 32-bit cpu.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Well, assuming you're planning on a fresh install of Windows, then you've got nothing to worry about. However, you CANNOT simply swap out the motherboard and CPU and boot to Windows.

 

[Sanius]

Alright. What do I do then?

Edit: Also, if I stuck in the processer, would it still run at fast speeds on games like F.E.A.R and such? I might want to make it take advantage of 64-bit, because i'm worried that nextgen games like Prey and UT2k7 might take advantage of it. What would you reccomend?

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Well, assuming you're planning on a fresh install of Windows, then you've got nothing to worry about. However, you CANNOT simply swap out the motherboard and CPU and boot to Windows.

Why not? I've done it many times without any problems with Windows XP.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: AdamK47 3DS

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Well, assuming you're planning on a fresh install of Windows, then you've got nothing to worry about. However, you CANNOT simply swap out the motherboard and CPU and boot to Windows.

Why not? I've done it many times without any problems with Windows XP.

Because Windows will never run as stabily or fast as a fresh windows install. I have also swapped mobo's and cpu's many times without a fresh install just to see and it NEVER works well, not even with a repair install of windows. You will save yourself time by doing a fresh install right from the beggining.

The the OP: I have no idea what processor you are upgrading from but if you are just talking about a A64 cpu and not windows XP 64 then your gaming performance will improve over the 32 bit cpu (has nothing to do with 32v64 and more to do with the CPU architecture). If you are going to Windows XP 64-bit then that is a whole different animal as everything I have heard says it does not game as well as the 32 bit Windows.

-spike

 

[Sanius]

Originally posted by: Spike

Originally posted by: AdamK47 3DS

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Well, assuming you're planning on a fresh install of Windows, then you've got nothing to worry about. However, you CANNOT simply swap out the motherboard and CPU and boot to Windows.

Why not? I've done it many times without any problems with Windows XP.

Because Windows will never run as stabily or fast as a fresh windows install. I have also swapped mobo's and cpu's many times without a fresh install just to see and it NEVER works well, not even with a repair install of windows. You will save yourself time by doing a fresh install right from the beggining.

The the OP: I have no idea what processor you are upgrading from but if you are just talking about a A64 cpu and not windows XP 64 then your gaming performance will improve over the 32 bit cpu (has nothing to do with 32v64 and more to do with the CPU architecture). If you are going to Windows XP 64-bit then that is a whole different animal as everything I have heard says it does not game as well as the 32 bit Windows.

-spike

thank you for the reply. FYI, i'm upgrading from a 2500+ XP. And I do realize that the architecture is what matters, not the bits.

There is not much on my computer I care to save. So I won't mind reinstalling windows; I got about 60 gigs of wasted space I don't want to get back (or better yet, too lazy to get back), so hey. Best of both worlds.