Guys, please do not flog me to death as this might be a stupid question !!!
I got a new AMD64 machine (AMD64 2800 and Asus A8N + 1GB Ram) and installed WinXP 32 bit OS on the machine. It just does not seem to do anything better or faster than my previous Athlon 2200. Am I missing something here ? Is there a BIOS setting somewhere which tells the CPU whether to run on 64 or 32 bit mode ?
Do I necessarily have to install WinXP x64 to gain full use of the machine ? What happens to the 32bit drivers then ? Will they load ?
I got a new AMD64 machine (AMD64 2800 and Asus A8N + 1GB Ram) and installed WinXP 32 bit OS on the machine. It just does not seem to do anything better or faster than my previous Athlon 2200. Am I missing something here ? Is there a BIOS setting somewhere which tells the CPU whether to run on 64 or 32 bit mode ?
Do I necessarily have to install WinXP x64 to gain full use of the machine ? What happens to the 32bit drivers then ? Will they load ?