Rookie Question on 32bit v 64 bit drivers

[DwightANJ]

I'm a little embarrassed to be asking this question - since I should
probably know it - but here goes - I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe with
an Athlon64 3500+. I am using Windows XP Pro service pack 2. Do I use
32 bit or 64 bit drivers? My CPU is 64bit - but I'm not sure if the
drivers refer to the CPU or the OS. My XP is the standard version -
not the 64 bit version. I'd appreciate someone clearing this up for
me. Thanks

Dwight

 

[Stephan Grossklass]

I'm a little embarrassed to be asking this question - since I should
probably know it - but here goes - I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe with
an Athlon64 3500+. I am using Windows XP Pro service pack 2. Do I use
32 bit or 64 bit drivers?

32 bit, as the CPU is used as an ordinary 32 bit x86 processor by your
32 bit OS right now and the x86-64 capabilities are unused.

Stephan

 

[DwightANJ]

Thanks for the help.

Dwight

 

[BigJIm]

check out www.tomshareware.com they have a review on the 64 bit OS.

 

[Robert Hancock]

I'm a little embarrassed to be asking this question - since I should
probably know it - but here goes - I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe with
an Athlon64 3500+. I am using Windows XP Pro service pack 2. Do I use
32 bit or 64 bit drivers? My CPU is 64bit - but I'm not sure if the
drivers refer to the CPU or the OS. My XP is the standard version -
not the 64 bit version. I'd appreciate someone clearing this up for
me. Thanks

Dwight

Unless you're using Windows XP 64-Bit Edition you need the 32-bit drivers.