Windows Xp Pro 64 Bit

[Guest]

i have a amd athlon 64, i was woundering that if i was to install the 64 bit
windows, will i get he best performace out of my machine?

and it took me a long time to find driver for my onboard ethernet card i
have the msi k8n board

 

[philo]

i have a amd athlon 64, i was woundering that if i was to install the 64
bit
windows, will i get he best performace out of my machine?

and it took me a long time to find driver for my onboard ethernet card i
have the msi k8n board

I built a 64 bit machine that's dual booting XP32 and XP64...
although I did get the 64bit drivers for all components within the
machine...
i could not get any drivers for my scanner and printer...so the machine is
just being used with XP32


To tell the truth...XP64 ran about the same as XP32
and until 64bit apps start comming out...you might as well stick with the
32bit version of XP

 

[Guest]

smash,

I too have MSI K8n Neo computers here with AMD Athlon 64 chips (3000 and
3200). You can find the drivers for the 64-bit environment on the CD which
came with the motherboard. They can also be found at the MSI Site. Go to
their support section, look for the driver section, enter your motherboard
identification.

I have dual boot configurations also to drive these systems. It allows you
to easily switch between the 64-bit mode and down to the 32-bit mode.

Besides drivers be updated by the necessary hardward vendors, the software
vendors must also update their products. There is a limited number of people
who offer any type of anti-virus / internet security software, which can be
installed in a 64-bit environment.

I guess they are waiting for Vista before this requirement will be addressed.

 

[DP]

You also might want to check out this group:
microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general