Windows x64 edition

Valcrist · June 18th, 2005

So, I went to the AMD Tech Tour in Tampa. (I love working for circuit city, they let me have the day off, since I said it was for "training"). So, I ordered the bundle pack as well, for those of you who don't know its got an ASUS k8n-e motherboard, with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice core, and a copy of Windows XP x64 edition.

My question is, have any of you had any personal experience with the 64 bit version of windows, and is it bug free enough to use, or should I stick to my current xp pro sp2?

**Kane** · June 18th, 2005

It's not buggy, it's just tht when I was using it, there was no decent virtual CD software for it, WinRAR's shell extensions didn't work and some games behaved funny (SRS crashed every 5 minutes)

**Betamax** · June 18th, 2005

My current setup is a mutliboot between X64, Xp and Gentoo. WRT x64, it is stable enough. The only problems that exist for me is a lack of drivers for my printer and scanner. Software wise I haven't come across anything major either.

One thing I should warn ya about: M$ split the program files directory into 2 diferent ones on x64, namely "program files" for 64 bit apps and "program files (x86)" for 32 bit ones. Thanks to the "genius" of this naming scheme, you can't install both x64 and xp on the same partition otherwise the 64 bit version of internet explorer (installed in program files on x64 ) will overwrite the 32 bit one for xp (also installed in program files). Way to go microsoft

. So the only way you can multiboot is to use separate partitions. However because windows has to be installed on a primary partition (again, way to go M$ ) you can't have both x64 and xp paritions visable to each other

. This means you need to have a 3rd (extended) partition for all your data.... oh and use a boot loader such as grub to rewrite all boot paramters every time you startup.

Fun eh

Viper_Viper · June 18th, 2005

So you got the bundle from AMD... How is it? I am decideing if I should get it at the Irvine showing, but I would like to sell my computer first.

Valcrist · June 20th, 2005

The bundle is GREAT, the people who give it to you are @$$'s. Well not the amd people, they were nice. The microsoft reps though...they asked me and my friends if we were gamers. We said well...yeah. They said we were "hurting" their business, by being there. We were like WTF, so we just talked to the AMD guys for a little bit (they are very informed and know thier products very well, for people that probably just got hired to talk) got our bundles and were on our way

....freaking 3 1/2 hour drive just to stay 3 hours and drive back ...ugh @_@.

Well I think I'm just going to dual boot x64, just to test it out for a lil' while. I have a seperate drive I can put it on anyway.

**cooliscool** · June 20th, 2005

Wait, k8n-e? That's a S754 board..

Congrats though.. I wish I could have went.

Valcrist · June 20th, 2005

huh? no its not its 939

darian · June 20th, 2005

Last I heard the bundles were sold out for every show. Good thing I ordered mine a few weeks ago. It's A8N-E not K.

Valcrist · June 20th, 2005

Quote:

It's A8N-E not K.

my bad

Ramsus K · June 20th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Valcrist

The bundle is GREAT, the people who give it to you are @$$'s. Well not the amd people, they were nice. The microsoft reps though...they asked me and my friends if we were gamers. We said well...yeah. They said we were "hurting" their business, by being there. We were like WTF, so we just talked to the AMD guys for a little bit (they are very informed and know thier products very well, for people that probably just got hired to talk) got our bundles and were on our way

....freaking 3 1/2 hour drive just to stay 3 hours and drive back ...ugh @_@.

Well I think I'm just going to dual boot x64, just to test it out for a lil' while. I have a seperate drive I can put it on anyway.

Gee, don't they realize that regular folk look at what all the hip youngsters are buying when they make their decisions? AMD obviously does.

I'd love to get my hands on a bunch of 64-bit computers -- or at least one!

June 18th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	Windows x64 edition So, I went to the AMD Tech Tour in Tampa. (I love working for circuit city, they let me have the day off, since I said it was for "training"). So, I ordered the bundle pack as well, for those of you who don't know its got an ASUS k8n-e motherboard, with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice core, and a copy of Windows XP x64 edition. My question is, have any of you had any personal experience with the 64 bit version of windows, and is it bug free enough to use, or should I stick to my current xp pro sp2? __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

June 18th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	It's not buggy, it's just tht when I was using it, there was no decent virtual CD software for it, WinRAR's shell extensions didn't work and some games behaved funny (SRS crashed every 5 minutes) __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	My current setup is a mutliboot between X64, Xp and Gentoo. WRT x64, it is stable enough. The only problems that exist for me is a lack of drivers for my printer and scanner. Software wise I haven't come across anything major either. One thing I should warn ya about: M$ split the program files directory into 2 diferent ones on x64, namely "program files" for 64 bit apps and "program files (x86)" for 32 bit ones. Thanks to the "genius" of this naming scheme, you can't install both x64 and xp on the same partition otherwise the 64 bit version of internet explorer (installed in program files on x64 ) will overwrite the 32 bit one for xp (also installed in program files). Way to go microsoft . So the only way you can multiboot is to use separate partitions. However because windows has to be installed on a primary partition (again, way to go M$ ) you can't have both x64 and xp paritions visable to each other . This means you need to have a 3rd (extended) partition for all your data.... oh and use a boot loader such as grub to rewrite all boot paramters every time you startup. Fun eh __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

June 18th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
Viper_Viper Experenced But New User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: United States of America Posts: 865	So you got the bundle from AMD... How is it? I am decideing if I should get it at the Irvine showing, but I would like to sell my computer first. __________________ MY PC!!!! Intel 2.44 ghz // Intel Desktop Board D845PEBT2 (533MHz FSB) // 1GIG DDR PC2700 (NEW) // 120 gig Western Digital HD // 8x DVD+/-R 4x DVD+/-RW Burner (NEW) // 48x15x48 CD-RW // ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb // USB 2.0 // Firewire (soon) // 6 Channel Digital Audio // Serial ATA // 3Dmark05 Demo - 2108 Last edited by Viper_Viper; June 18th, 2005 at 14:19.

June 20th, 2005	#5 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	The bundle is GREAT, the people who give it to you are @$$'s. Well not the amd people, they were nice. The microsoft reps though...they asked me and my friends if we were gamers. We said well...yeah. They said we were "hurting" their business, by being there. We were like WTF, so we just talked to the AMD guys for a little bit (they are very informed and know thier products very well, for people that probably just got hired to talk) got our bundles and were on our way ....freaking 3 1/2 hour drive just to stay 3 hours and drive back ...ugh @_@. Well I think I'm just going to dual boot x64, just to test it out for a lil' while. I have a seperate drive I can put it on anyway. __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

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cooliscool Natural medicine Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Redmond, Washington, USA Posts: 6,150	Wait, k8n-e? That's a S754 board.. Congrats though.. I wish I could have went. __________________ Fayt : Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz @ 3.0GHz [Allendale] (1333MHz FSB), 2GB Crucial DDR2-800 Dual Channel kit @ 800MHz 4-3-3-10, 512MB BFG nVidia GeForce 7950GT OC (650/1600), Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, MSI P6N-SLi nVidia 650i (crap OCer), 200GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), 80GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), Lite-On DVD+-RW 16x w/ Lightscribe, Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM, Aspire X-Dreamer II case, Logitech MX518 GG Optical Mouse, Asetek Waterchill kit (distilled water + Red Line Water Wetter), T.I.M - Arctic Silver Ceramique

June 20th, 2005	#7 (permalink)
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	huh? no its not its 939 __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

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darian Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 100	Last I heard the bundles were sold out for every show. Good thing I ordered mine a few weeks ago. It's A8N-E not K. __________________

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