Upgraded from x86 to x64

Hey guys, I upgraded to x64 and I do notice a nice speed change. But, when looking at my hard drive I notice a folder called Programs Files (x84). Is this safe to delete? If so, how can I delete it?


Thanks guys!

yanks0826 said:

Hey guys, I upgraded to x64 and I do notice a nice speed change.

That's mostly imagined and from the fact it's a clean install unless you're doing video editing or similar.

Lordbob75 said:

yanks0826 said:

Hey guys, I upgraded to x64 and I do notice a nice speed change. But, when looking at my hard drive I notice a folder called Programs Files (x84). Is this safe to delete? If so, how can I delete it?


Thanks guys!

NO!

It is the program folder for non x64 bit programs.

~Lordbob

Listen to 'Bob. He's right on. The Program Files folder is for x64, while (as 'Bob mentioned) the Program Files (x86) is for 32bit programs.

torrentg said:

yanks0826 said:

Hey guys, I upgraded to x64 and I do notice a nice speed change.

That's mostly imagined and from the fact it's a clean install unless you're doing video editing or similar.

No, there is a change. I am a heavy video editor, while multitasking with other tasks, and the speed that I am experiencing now opposed to when I was running 32-bit, is a HUGE difference. My computer is running much more smoother, slicker, and faster.

MUff1N said:

yanks0826 said:

torrentg said:

That's mostly imagined and from the fact it's a clean install unless you're doing video editing or similar.

No, there is a change. I am a heavy video editor, while multitasking with other tasks, and the speed that I am experiencing now opposed to when I was running 32-bit, is a HUGE difference. My computer is running much more smoother, slicker, and faster.

And therein lies the reason you are seeing the speed diff & torrentg did mention video editing.
These are the areas it's most noticeable, but for gaming & everyday tasks there's very little diff in speeds.
I've done numerous tests to see for myself as well as real-world apps testing.
The major benefit as everyone already knows is there's basically no memory limits (192 Gbs usable) with W7U x64 were as the x86 system limit is 4Gbs total which includes HW (hardware) memory usage.
That's why most will see that they got 3.325Gbs usable RAM (or there abouts) out of the installed 4 is because the other HW is using the rest.
For complete info on memory limits of all Windows operating systems click this text!

Wow, this place is very much a great source for useful information, but man, the sarcasm is pretty thick. lol

Wow, this place is very much a great source for useful information, but man, the sarcasm is pretty thick. lol

LOL ya the sarcasm around here is brutal.

I think you guys are taking his post wrong.

I don't think he's being sarcastic. Only informative. But of course, I can not speak for him. Only my opinion.