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SpiritWarrior · 04-15-2006, 04:02 PM

I was looking at my Pentium D bios settings and it said it was an intel 64-bit. Exactly what is 64-bit? Are all pentium D's 64-bit? I thought these were just for server systems and stuff. If this is this case do those 32 and 64 -bit downloads actually matter (you know for things like drivers etc.) cuz when given a choice I have always downloaded the 32 :-/.

04-15-2006, 04:02 PM	#1
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	I was looking at my Pentium D bios settings and it said it was an intel 64-bit. Exactly what is 64-bit? Are all pentium D's 64-bit? I thought these were just for server systems and stuff. If this is this case do those 32 and 64 -bit downloads actually matter (you know for things like drivers etc.) cuz when given a choice I have always downloaded the 32 :-/. __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...