Windows 7 x64 slower than x86

Nop, my 64 bit install is running signifacantly quicker than any one of my previous 32 bit installs.

Personally I stop all that indexing malarkey. It serves no purpose for me as I am highly organised and know where everything is. I also run a tight ship, so to speak, and do not accumulate gigabytes of junk to search through.

I only notice when superfetch is getting its act together, speed is definitely lower.

Mr GRiM said:

You will need to do a fresh install as you can't upgrade from x86 to x64, all your programs will need to be reinstalled and any documents or settings can be transferred using Windows Easy Transfer shown here.

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Oops how did that get in there, sorry I meant here!

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Brilliant I'm still laughing, she could transfer my files anytime.

recon731 said:

So I had Windows 7 32bit running in a partition on my desktop, and found I never booted into Vista. Combined with the fact that my desktop is gaming only, and all my work is done on my Macbook Pro. I wiped my old Vista x64 install and put Windows 7 x64 on it.

Windows 7 x64 seems to be running quite a bit slower than x86 was running.

Anyone else ever come across this?

if your processor is older like one of the original dual cores, this maybe the problem, they were made to be read as a 32bit, but function (mostly) like a 64.... its wierd.... but this may be the... a problem.
also did you get all the drivers for 64x? they are a pain to find...

I run 7 x64 on a old laptop turion system and I get a 1.9 experience score. (mainly due to HD and RAM 1gig) and x64 runs alot faster then XP pro 32bit.

I also have no real issues

TheTeZ said:

recon731 said:

So I had Windows 7 32bit running in a partition on my desktop, and found I never booted into Vista. Combined with the fact that my desktop is gaming only, and all my work is done on my Macbook Pro. I wiped my old Vista x64 install and put Windows 7 x64 on it.

Windows 7 x64 seems to be running quite a bit slower than x86 was running.

Anyone else ever come across this?

if your processor is older like one of the original dual cores, this maybe the problem, they were made to be read as a 32bit, but function (mostly) like a 64.... its wierd.... but this may be the... a problem.
also did you get all the drivers for 64x? they are a pain to find...

TheTez, so would my intel Dual-Core T2390 running on my toshiba laptop (3gb sdram) be good for x64 or should i stick with x86...ive noticed from the compatibility list that x64 has better support for games.... but im worried if installing x64 would limit any of the other tasks that i do normally (performance/compatability-wise)

Is "x86" the same thing as 32-bit?