Will a 64 bit processor work on 32 bit OS

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Dan Young (dannyboy2005) First Officer
Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 300 Location: Trampy Bedford, UK (Sh1t Hole)
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Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:38 pm

I'v got a Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo Dual Core Processor and it is a 64 bi. I'm running cp home (which runs at 32bit) and i'm wondering if the os will work with my processor. Will i get only half the processing power wth a 32bit os?

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Dan Young (dannyboy2005) First Officer
Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 300 Location: Trampy Bedford, UK (Sh1t Hole)
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Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:40 pm

*XP Home

PS. My ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard supports 64bit processors.

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:03 pm

This explains what you are asking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32bit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64_bit

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