are all the drivers out for x64 bit vista yet?

Hi,

I have had vista x 32bit home premium since launch date and have also had
the x 64 bit version on cd for nearly as long. When I first installed it,
hardly any of the drivers were available for my hardware...has this been
resolved yet? Are most drivers available now?
Also what benefit does 64bit computing give in real terms?

NO. You will have to check at the manufacturers' websites to see what drivers
are available.
The only advantage is that you can make better use of more memory than 32bit
version

"T5" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have had vista x 32bit home premium since launch date and have also had
> the x 64 bit version on cd for nearly as long. When I first installed it,
> hardly any of the drivers were available for my hardware...has this been
> resolved yet? Are most drivers available now?
> Also what benefit does 64bit computing give in real terms?
>

No on the drivers, and none whatsoever as for the benefits. There is no
benefit to the standard desktop user in running 64-bit Windows over 32-bit
Windows. A 64-bit Windows version should only be considered for the home
user if needed for supporting more than 4gb of memory or if a program you
want to run requires a 64-bit version of Windows.

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"T5" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have had vista x 32bit home premium since launch date and have also had
> the x 64 bit version on cd for nearly as long. When I first installed it,
> hardly any of the drivers were available for my hardware...has this been
> resolved yet? Are most drivers available now?
> Also what benefit does 64bit computing give in real terms?

There are plenty of drivers available. My 64 bit Ultimate partition is fine
but my hardware is generally mainstream stuff...
Hauppauge USB TV
Creative X-Fi Soundcard
Logitech Keyboard & Mouse
Saitek Joystick
Microsoft Webcam
Nvidia 8800GTX
Evga Motherboard
Lexmark Printer

Finding x64 maintenance & security software is harder though but x86
programs still run... no support for 16-bit software though but I haven't
personally found any software that I needed that couldn't be installed.

The easy thing to do is just go to the hardware manufacturer's website, look
for the 64bit drivers and put them on a disc or memory stick.

"T5" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have had vista x 32bit home premium since launch date and have also had
> the x 64 bit version on cd for nearly as long. When I first installed it,
> hardly any of the drivers were available for my hardware...has this been
> resolved yet? Are most drivers available now?
> Also what benefit does 64bit computing give in real terms?

> 32-bit Windows. A 64-bit Windows version should only be considered for
> the home user if needed for supporting more than 4gb of memory or if a
> program you want to run requires a 64-bit version of Windows.

I did expect x64 Vi$ta to have faster disk and memory i/o...

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"Dave" <> wrote in
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I think that the 64 bit version works a hell of a lot quicker
than the 32 bit version as it pushes 64bits of data to the
processor instead of 32bits - but you need true 64 bit
applications otherwise it use's WoW in a 32 bit environment.

I think thats correct.






> There are plenty of drivers available. My 64 bit Ultimate
> partition is fine but my hardware is generally mainstream
> stuff... Hauppauge USB TV
> Creative X-Fi Soundcard
> Logitech Keyboard & Mouse
> Saitek Joystick
> Microsoft Webcam
> Nvidia 8800GTX
> Evga Motherboard
> Lexmark Printer
>
> Finding x64 maintenance & security software is harder
> though but x86 programs still run... no support for 16-bit
> software though but I haven't personally found any software
> that I needed that couldn't be installed.
>
> The easy thing to do is just go to the hardware
> manufacturer's website, look for the 64bit drivers and put
> them on a disc or memory stick.
>
> "T5" <> wrote in message
> news:7FA2EB00-7D51-41EF-91EF-...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have had vista x 32bit home premium since launch date
>> and have also had the x 64 bit version on cd for nearly as
>> long. When I first installed it, hardly any of the drivers
>> were available for my hardware...has this been resolved
>> yet? Are most drivers available now? Also what benefit
>> does 64bit computing give in real terms?
>
>

"Ratty" <> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <> wrote in
> news:eepPN$:
>
> I think that the 64 bit version works a hell of a lot quicker
> than the 32 bit version as it pushes 64bits of data to the
> processor instead of 32bits - but you need true 64 bit
> applications otherwise it use's WoW in a 32 bit environment.
>
> I think thats correct.


Yes it is. I have found Vista x64 faster for some things when using 64 bit
programs. Virtual PC 2007 64 bit is one example.

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Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

"Man-wai Chang ToDie" <> wrote in message
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> I did expect x64 Vi$ta to have faster disk and memory i/o...

True, there is a lot of improvements, but most of those will probably only
be apparent with 64-bit binaries.

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No, and all the drivers for windows Vista 64 bit never will be.
Similar to other operating systems, not everything is or will be
supported.
Some find all the necessary drivers easily while others find few if
any drivers.

Before upgrading, you need to check with the manufacturers of your
specific hardware about Windows Vista drivers.
The older the hardware, the less likely there will ever be driver
support.

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"T5" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have had vista x 32bit home premium since launch date and have
> also had the x 64 bit version on cd for nearly as long. When I first
> installed it, hardly any of the drivers were available for my
> hardware...has this been resolved yet? Are most drivers available
> now?
> Also what benefit does 64bit computing give in real terms?

"T5" <> wrote in message
news:7FA2EB00-7D51-41EF-91EF-...
> Hi,
>
> I have had vista x 32bit home premium since launch date and have also had
> the x 64 bit version on cd for nearly as long. When I first installed it,
> hardly any of the drivers were available for my hardware...has this been
> resolved yet? Are most drivers available now?
> Also what benefit does 64bit computing give in real terms?

Oh no, not all manufacturers have produced Vista drivers, and those that
have don't all have 64 bit support. And MS supposedly required both 32 and
64 bit support for all Vista hardware drivers. Hasn't turned out that way.
You will have to check for updates for all your hardware drivers. Though
more 64 bit Vista support IS available now, it isn't "complete" by any
means.

For the average users, like most Home users, small business users, 64 bit
really isn't going to do much, not even for the latest greatest games. For
some users doing heavy multimedia work, imaging, 3D cad, 3D modeling,
rendering and the like, 64 bit computing gives more performance with
software using 64 bit codepath and also the ability to use much larger
amounts of RAM. Some newer consumer motherboards support 8 and even 16 gigs
of RAM now, and the 64 bit OS supports that out of the box. Even Adobe
Photoshop CS3 makes good use of huge amounts of system RAM even though the
'Standard' edition only runs as a 32 bit app. There really isn't much
mainstream support for 64 bits just now. So as others have said, the main
advantage to using a 64 bit OS right now is the ability to use more than 4gb
of RAM.

HTH,
McG.