Comments on: What Is the True Difference Between Windows 7 x86 and Windows 7 x64?

By: Javier

Javier — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:18:21 +0000

Do you guys really think windows 7 is as good as the hype? Or is it truly just another vista flop?

Vote here

By: Yeti

Yeti — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:45:32 +0000

64-bit has a larger bottleneck and is more secure, and it can handle RAM over 4GB.

The main current downside of 64-bit is the lack of 64-bit drivers for older hardware like scanners and printers, which can render it (the older hardware) unusable. In addition, if you don’t have 4GB of RAM or more, you might not notice a significant difference. When you do get to those larger RAM levels, you can switch between applications more readily, run more functions at once, do speedier photo and video editing, etc.

By: 60percent

60percent — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:05:46 +0000

x86 is 32 bit architecture
x64 is 64 bit architecture.

64 bit architecture simply supports more RAM.

By: secretbirdyj

secretbirdyj — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:43:20 +0000

The difference is the more RAM you can benefit from. If I remember correctly, with 32 bit you only gain benefit from a max of 4GB of RAM and anything more does you no good. With 64 bit you can benefit from more RAM.