NationStates Jolt Archive

I know a lot about PCs, but this x86-64 stuff is new to me. But I'm going to have to dabble now, seeing as Crysis has doomed 32-bit computing to a slow death.

I have a 64-bit mobo, and a Core 2 Duo chip, which is apparently 64-bit as well. Do I need to do anything else, or could I just throw a 64-bit OS right on?

Bump. I'm dumb.

Delete system32

Not that dumb.

Snigger!

Well you could just try it and see if the magic smoke comes out.

Sounds like it should be fine. One thing about the 64-bit OS was it lacked drivers but that's probably changed since.

Sounds good! just install a 64 bit Linux on your computer and say hello to the 64 bit world (64 bit Windows is still an adventure of driver incompatibilities).