Running PC games on 64bit?
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So a few weeks back I asked CP about buying a good gaming rig for under $1000. (Thanks for all your recommendations, very helpful!) My wife ended up finding a $500 steal on Ebay: -Intel Core 2 Quad 3GHZ -4GB RAM -ATI Radeon 4670 -SATA 500GB HD -Antec 9000 gaming case Been playing Crysis on max high settings. Wow. Absolutely beautiful. Better than any console game I've ever seen. Now I'm wondering if I should install 64-bit Vista to take advantage of the full 4GB RAM. Any CPians have experience running modern games on 64-bit OS? Is it worth the hassle?
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I'm running XP64 and haven't had any problems with any games (except JezBall - a 16-bit game).
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
So a few weeks back I asked CP about buying a good gaming rig for under $1000. (Thanks for all your recommendations, very helpful!) My wife ended up finding a $500 steal on Ebay: -Intel Core 2 Quad 3GHZ -4GB RAM -ATI Radeon 4670 -SATA 500GB HD -Antec 9000 gaming case Been playing Crysis on max high settings. Wow. Absolutely beautiful. Better than any console game I've ever seen. Now I'm wondering if I should install 64-bit Vista to take advantage of the full 4GB RAM. Any CPians have experience running modern games on 64-bit OS? Is it worth the hassle?
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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I'm running XP64 and haven't had any problems with any games (except JezBall - a 16-bit game).
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Yeah, that sucks.. I used to love that game and now I can't play it.
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Yeah, that sucks.. I used to love that game and now I can't play it.
I think you can in a VM. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Judah Himango wrote:
Been playing Crysis on max settings.
You mean you also have a PhysX card? :O
After I posted this, I played again last night and saw I have everything on "high" settings. I thought that was the max. I see there's "very high". Well, I will have to try that. :) I don't have a PhysX card, so I suppose the very high physics won't work.
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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Been running all games under Vista Ultimate x64 with 6GB of RAM and they run perfectly:
- Crysis (has a native x64 executable so will actually utilise the extra RAM)
- Test Drive Unlimited
- Command & Conquer
- GTA I, II, III, San Andreas, IV
- Tomb Raider Anniversary, Underworld
- Emulated N64 Games under Project64
- Flight Simulators
- Black Hawk Down
- Half Life 1, 2 (all episodes)
- The list continues...
Ah, thank you so much. I play a few of the games on there, been playing TR:Anniversary through my GameTap subscription. Glad to hear that works good. Thanks for this info. I think I will upgrade to Vista64 tonight.
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Judah Himango wrote:
Any CPians have experience running modern games on 64-bit OS? Is it worth the hassle?
I am not running any games on my Vista U64 systems, though I have wing commander saga on it just as a side game that rarely gets used.... But I do have massive physics, OpenGL 3D graphics with high density terrain, foliage, explosions, atmospheric refraction, sound, large numbers of vehicles (only now starting to do physics of people and crowds), even doing laser beams again. But still no games to speak of. :) Can you believe they pay me to do this? :-\
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
Wow...what is it you're doing at your job?
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Im my experience most games run flawlessly :), I've played many games such as Left 4 Dead, UT3, TF2, Crysis, Crysis Warhead, and others and have had no problems using 2 9800gtx's in SLI
That sounds pretty friggin' cool. Thanks.
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All of my machines are Vista x64, I've run many different games on them, and never had any issues. I recommend installing x64, but I'd probably put another 4gb in while I was at it. ;)
Eric Haskins KC9JVH
Thanks. The games run natively as 64-bit processes? Not 32-bit process emulation on 64-bit (Wow)?
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Now I thought I did good with my less than $500 eBay purchase (thanks to live.com cashback) on black Friday. 2.83 GHz Q9550 + 6 GB of quality DDR2 + ASUS P5Q pro + 650W Antec 80 plus PS. That is definitely a much better buy...
Judah Himango wrote:
Any CPians have experience running modern games on 64-bit OS? Is it worth the hassle?
I know this is not what you are looking for but here goes. I run 64 bit linux and I am running WC3 under wine. This app needs no where near 4GB though and the wine environment is still 32 bit anyways the os is 64 bit. [EDIT]Ahh, you said modern games. WC3 although my favorite game of all times is not that modern.[/EDIT]
John
modified on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:24 AM
Nice deal. That does sound better than mine! How do you get cashback on live.com?
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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Nice deal. That does sound better than mine! How do you get cashback on live.com?
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
Create a cashback account on live.com and login. Then use live.com to search for what you want. Look for any $ sign in the search that points to eBay. Then make a buyitnow purchase (make sure there is a $ cashback symbol on the top of the ebay pages) on eBay and pay for it using paypal. Then wait 60 days for your refund. BTW, the amount of cashback with eBay varies from 0% to 30% (on black friday). I have almost $300 in my account and most of this will be redeemable in mid January.
John
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Wow...what is it you're doing at your job?
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
"Shall we play a game?"
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Judah Himango wrote:
Any CPians have experience running modern games on 64-bit OS? Is it worth the hassle?
I am not running any games on my Vista U64 systems, though I have wing commander saga on it just as a side game that rarely gets used.... But I do have massive physics, OpenGL 3D graphics with high density terrain, foliage, explosions, atmospheric refraction, sound, large numbers of vehicles (only now starting to do physics of people and crowds), even doing laser beams again. But still no games to speak of. :) Can you believe they pay me to do this? :-\
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
If I were you I'd seriously think of a career change into gaming some day. It would be kudos for the gaming company to give your background and surely more fun for you?
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
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If I were you I'd seriously think of a career change into gaming some day. It would be kudos for the gaming company to give your background and surely more fun for you?
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
perhaps... perhaps... the only serious offer was out of houston, and my brother was already there. I try to keep my distance from him. :) Nothing beats saving lives though. I was half joking about the wargames quote. I skirt weapon systems work. I just do safety and test systems. History proves they will fire the stuff even if I don't reduce the risk to human lives. Though perhaps without me making things safer there would be larger accidents and worst press and therefore fewer systems. But I doubt it. Nasa came to my office for rendering advice. From Houston control and Kennedy. My work reduced injuries from the ordinance recovery crews by 75% and deaths by 90%. How do you top that? :) I do games, all a game company can offer me is royalties. The Command Line Kid may eventually chase me into true gaming by just frustration, but for now I am fine her even with the problems.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Thanks. The games run natively as 64-bit processes? Not 32-bit process emulation on 64-bit (Wow)?
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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"Shall we play a game?"
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
That's one WOPR of a hint... *groan* Flynn -- can't believe I said that... :-\
_If we can't corrupt the youth of today,
the adults of tomorrow will be no fun...
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That's one WOPR of a hint... *groan* Flynn -- can't believe I said that... :-\
_If we can't corrupt the youth of today,
the adults of tomorrow will be no fun...
_I debated on saying: "Well... I have this great new project called Skynet..."
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
