WinsXP 64Bit Hardware Question.

[class95]

Hi guys,

I know in-order to run Wins Xp 64Bit i need a 64bit CPU n motherboard. Like the Althon64...
What about the sound card, network card and graphics card... do they need to be 64bit hardware?
Can i still run games in 64bit environment?
Thanks

 

[Markfw]

No hardware requirements for 64bit sound, etc... Right now there are VERY few drivers for WinXP64. I had to put in an old (crappy) NIC card to get my WinXP64 to use its own drivers, and my Audigy card has sound, so I finally have a working version, but the video drivers are not great.

 

[zodder]

Give us 64-bit drivers, ATI!!! :|

 

[aug1516]

Originally posted by: zodder
Give us 64-bit drivers, ATI!!! :|

No kidding! Nvidia has released some but ATI is keeping there 64-bit drivers to the beta testers only for now. As soon as they are released I'll probably give XP 64-bit edition a shot, maybe dual boot or something. To answer the original question, the only hardware that needs to be 64-bit would be the CPU and a motherboard that supports it. All other hardware (memory, sound cards, video cards, etc) will work fine in the motherboard. The real problem is getting 64-bit drivers for that hardware as someone has already mentioned.

 

[ragiepew]

I'll echo that... WHERE ARE THE 64bit DRIVERS ATi?

I mean, I'm an avid ATi user but this really gets me... Nvidia's had them out for quite some time. This is the only thing keeping me from running Win64.

 

[Don66]

Originally posted by: zodder
Give us 64-bit drivers, ATI!!! :|

I'm almost ready to jump ship and go with Nvidia.:shocked: