win 64bit

[martymas]

hi team my next door bought a win7 64bit

ultimate

and he gave it to me to load on my 32bit win 7

asit was loading a message saying

your cpu isnt compatable

to 64 bit

gee have i had this compt that long

is it out of date or is 64 bit different

if so do i need to buy a 64 bit

sys of do i just change the cpu

ive biun so long away from this forum

ime lost

hope you can help

thanks

martymas

[TheTerrorist_75]

You will need to find out if your motherboard supports a 64-bit CPU. You will not gain much when it comes to normal computer usage by upgrading to a 64-bit operating system.

[martymas]

You will need to find out if your motherboard supports a 64-bit CPU. You will not gain much when it comes to normal computer usage by upgrading to a 64-bit operating system.

thanks TT

AT THE MOMENT MY SYS IS WORKING WELL

I HAVE WIN 7

32BIT SOI DONT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

BUT THANKS TO THIS BOARD I GET GOOD ADVICE

AGAIN THANKS

[Pete_C]

Basically it refers to the size of the data packet that the CPU can handle.

In 32 bit (X86) systems, the processor handles data in chunks of 4 Bytes (32 bits) at a time. Each instruction set or chunk of data can have no more than 32 characters. This also limits the number of memory addresses etc.

With a 64 bit processor, each chunk of data is 64 characters. This allows for a significantly larger number of memory addresses, faster processing and transfer of data (almost twice as much data per CPU cycle)

Now a 64 bit processor can handle 32 bit data, but not the other way around.

[MrBill]

A little reading for you.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-windows-frequently-asked-questions?SignedIn=1

[Earth911]

Windows 64 bit can handle up to 194 GB ram. I have 12GB Ran running