SOrry if this has been asked before (couldn't find on search) - But what's going to be the deal when/if there's a solid move to 64bit, especially now that Windows XP- 64 has come out, and the pc games that you might already have? Are they going to re-release Rome Total War, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, etc. on 64bit, for example? Am I going to have to buy these all over again if I want to take advantage of 64bit? Are they going to release free upgrades? What's going to be the deal here?
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64 bit and games.
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Blackmage said:
In theory, but compatibility will be questionable at best for the first few months because of problems on the OS side. Some games just won't run period until windows releases an update.
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Far Cry, Source Engine, Doom 3 are a few that will run. Flight Simulator 2004 and some/most benchmarkers wont run on W 64 yet.
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One of the Splinter Cell games also won't work, I believe it was Chaos Theory. If any of aren't against to going to hardocp's website they had some gaming benchmarks using both x32 and x64 versions of xp pro on their front page. No huge gains, but only Splinter Cell didn't work, looks fairly promising as it goes.
If you have the money to invest then I don't really see a reason not to get it, unless you don't actually want to spend the money. No immidiate gains, but somethings going to come out that makes use of it.
If you have the money to invest then I don't really see a reason not to get it, unless you don't actually want to spend the money. No immidiate gains, but somethings going to come out that makes use of it.
