X86 or X64

[Bill]

I went to the nVIDIA driver update page and they have Vista drivers for
Vista X86 and X64. I thought there was 32 bit and 64 bit - what am I missing
here (be nice<G>).

Bill

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

x86 = 32 bit. x64 = 64 bit. x86 refers to the old 80x86 processors which
set the name for the family by convention. x64 refers to AMD64 which was
the first 64-bit processor that was backwards compatible with the x86
instructions. The first processor to appear in a family by convention names
the whole family. Intel 64-bit chips with x86 compatibility are still
referred to as x64.

 

[Bill]

Thanks Colin -

Nvidia has GeForce 6800 drivers for Vista Beta and now I know which set to
get - x86/32bit it is

Bill


x86 = 32 bit. x64 = 64 bit. x86 refers to the old 80x86 processors which
set the name for the family by convention. x64 refers to AMD64 which was
the first 64-bit processor that was backwards compatible with the x86
instructions. The first processor to appear in a family by convention names
the whole family. Intel 64-bit chips with x86 compatibility are still
referred to as x64.

 

[Conor]

I went to the nVIDIA driver update page and they have Vista drivers for
Vista X86 and X64. I thought there was 32 bit and 64 bit - what am I missing
here (be nice<G>).

A brain. It's not exactly hard to work out the connection for ****
sake.