XP pro 64bit 120 day free trial

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:07 pm

Did a search and didn't see this posted anywhere. Free trial of the 64 bit XP pro edition. Doesn't work with 64 bit Intel Itaniums though.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bi ... trial.mspx

Post by **Doombrain** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:10 pm

it's not all that

Post by **I cant spell u** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:11 pm

I heard it sucked and had no 16 bit support. So long Quake 1 and Doom 1/2

(((

Post by **Doombrain** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:13 pm

what? it runs 16 bit OK.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:28 pm

Doombrain wrote:it's not all that

Is it worse than 32 bit XP?

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:35 pm

Do you have any reason to run it? I suppose if you have a 64 bit chip, and apps that are ready to take advantage, it would be ok

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:08 pm

Yes I have an athlon 64 and some games and other stuff that could use it.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:36 pm

*cough* it seems that my old Thread about this was Cropped... Meh,

anyway, i ran it a few times now, and i finally was able to track down all the drivers for my hardware.

i would still say not to worry about it for now, Seriously, its nothing special. Actually, it works a fair amount slower then the 32-bit virsion ( 10-15 seconds slower on start up alone ).

it crashed on me twice, Gave me random Pauses and etc... i am runnin 32-bit again, and i am not gettin on any 64-bit o/s that microwank has made untill Vista.

so, you base your choice on that, Download it and give er, atleast you can say that you have done it

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:56 pm

Fair enough. I'm going to install it on a seperate drive for a test run anyway.

Post by **Oeloe** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:09 am

It'd be interesting if you played Far Cry. Didn't one of those HL2 expansion pack/sequel use x86-64 too? Apart from that, there's not a whole apps/games that take advantage of the 64-bit extensions.

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:46 pm

Oeloe wrote:It'd be interesting if you played Far Cry. Didn't one of those HL2 expansion pack/sequel use x86-64 too? Apart from that, there's not a whole apps/games that take advantage of the 64-bit extensions.

Those were the main ones Iwas thinking of. I know there aren't a whole lot of apps that use 64 bit, but it would be nice to have it there for the ones that do. I would mainly use it as an extra OS for the 64 bit games and such leaving my 32 bit as a triple boot.

Post by **dzjepp** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:51 pm

I'd say take the test run, but don't bother buying it, seeing as Vista is almost right around the corner, I'd be dumb paying for 2 os's

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:58 pm

dzjepp wrote:I'd say take the test run, but don't bother buying it, seeing as Vista is almost right around the corner, I'd be dumb paying for 2 os's

Yeah, that's really all I wanted to do. Mainly to help me decide if I need to go with Vista or just wait. I'm also trying out various 64 bit linux distros too.

Post by **dzjepp** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:02 pm

Apps and games should be more and more mainstream before the end of the year, so yeah, if that's what you're going for it wouldn't hurt to run a 64bit os.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:45 pm

Oeloe wrote:It'd be interesting if you played Far Cry. Didn't one of those HL2 expansion pack/sequel use x86-64 too? Apart from that, there's not a whole apps/games that take advantage of the 64-bit extensions.

VAlve said that they incorperated a 64-bit Executable for Steam and HL2.. but when i was runnin it, i couldent find it. :/

Post by **Scourge** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:37 pm

Got it up and running, first off my loading screen went from around 8 second to around 2. Big plus already. Getting the 64 bit Far Cry to see how that goes. So far I like it.

edit: Drawback. My sound card is too old and doesnt have 64 bit support.

Having trouble getting the onboard to work as well.

edit2: Doh!, it usually helps to actually unplug the speakers from the sound card and plug them into the onboard when trying to get sound. :icon30:

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:36 am

wow, you lost time going from 32 to 64?

Post by **Scourge** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:19 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:wow, you lost time going from 32 to 64?

On my old Athlon xp 2200+ it took around 15 to 20 seconds on the loading screen. Then went down to around 8 when I upgraded to the A64 3000+, now its down to 2 or 3. Getting better all the time.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:15 am

Hummmm...

whats up with my copy then? it slowed the hell out of my computer :/

Post by **Oeloe** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:44 am

Run a good defragger like Perfectdisk, and MS Bootvis perhaps?