How Many Bits Are You Packing?

[StumpyBloke]

Just wondering how we are rolling these days...

If you run both, please select your preferred platform.

[Venom51]

I have a mix of both at the client. The main unit in the living room was built with 32bit. All the Acer REVO's came with 64bit version loaded.

Doesn't seem to affect performance either way.

[STC]

I was yearning to start up a poll thread, but didn't have one in my mind, you beat me to it

[StumpyBloke]

I was yearning to start up a poll thread, but didn't have one in my mind, you beat me to it

Naa naa na naaaa naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Still life in the old dog yet! I rock!!!

[tony_park]

Our main lounge pc is 64 bit, our unit in the kitchen is 32 (came pre-installed) - other than the fact that the lounge has more memory, don't really see any difference

Tony

[dduk]

When I reluctantly replace my x32 WHS v1 box with an x64 WHS 2011 box I'll have a complete x64 site.

My reasoning behind it is:

a - x64 is the future
b - With a GPU with 1GB of memory, that leaves the OS with only 2.8GB of RAM left to address (and I like to run with 4GB of RAM, even though 2GB is plenty)
c - a is true because of b

[NizZ8]

x64 all the way

[richard1980]

But x64 is all buggy and doesn't work right...

[newfiend]

Running x64 on 3 PC's in the house and x32 on one that will be moved to x64 soon.

[NizZ8]

But x64 is all buggy and doesn't work right...

?

[TheOsburnFamil]

The only problem i have with x64 is i still can't figure out what codecs I should install for all the stuff I use...

My 32bit install needs ffdshow, ac3filter, haali mkv splitter, & java. Do you really need to install both 32 & 64bit versions of all that when running x64?

[richard1980]

But x64 is all buggy and doesn't work right...

?

I was making fun of all the people that use that line.

[richard1980]

The only problem i have with x64 is i still can't figure out what codecs I should install for all the stuff I use...

My 32bit install needs ffdshow, ac3filter, haali mkv splitter, & java. Do you really need to install both 32 & 64bit versions of all that when running x64?

I believe so. I know Shark007's codec pack has a 32-bit package that you install, then if you are running 64-bit, there's an additional 64-bit package that must be installed. I don't know the specifics of it, as I do not use any 3rd party codecs.

[StumpyBloke]

The only problem i have with x64 is i still can't figure out what codecs I should install for all the stuff I use...

My 32bit install needs ffdshow, ac3filter, haali mkv splitter, & java. Do you really need to install both 32 & 64bit versions of all that when running x64?

I believe so. I know Shark007's codec pack has a 32-bit package that you install, then if you are running 64-bit, there's an additional 64-bit package that must be installed. I don't know the specifics of it, as I do not use any 3rd party codecs.

Me neither now. I don't particularly like codec packs but have to say that sharks one never seemed to cause me any issues when I used to use it.

[NizZ8]

But x64 is all buggy and doesn't work right...

?

I was making fun of all the people that use that line.

Ahhhh. Gotcha .

[barnabas1969]

I'm using 64 bit because I have three extenders and plan to have a fourth soon... and according to Microsoft, each additional extender that is connected simultaneously requires an additional gig of RAM. So... I have 8GB installed and x64 is the only way to manage that much RAM. I've noticed that after Media Center runs for a few days without reboot, it can use as much as 2GB without even having an extender connected, plus an additional 2GB for all the other stuff running on the machine (OS, utilities, etc).

[NizZ8]

I'm using 64 bit because I have three extenders and plan to have a fourth soon... and according to Microsoft, each additional extender that is connected simultaneously requires an additional gig of RAM. So... I have 8GB installed and x64 is the only way to manage that much RAM. I've noticed that after Media Center runs for a few days without reboot, it can use as much as 2GB without even having an extender connected, plus an additional 2GB for all the other stuff running on the machine (OS, utilities, etc).

I have a similar setup and went with 8gb on my 7mc machine as well.

I find the mediabrowser plugin can sometimes be a culprit of memory "rape" at times but has gotten MUCH better in the last couple releases.

Even with 8gb an 1-2 extenders connected I would get "low mem" issues about 1x a week or so before I did a clean rebuild a month or two ago.

So what I'm getting to is sometimes plugins can be the memory culprits.

[staknhalo]

x64 - No reason not to at this point.

[STC]

Cummon peeps. It's x64 because it sounds sexier than x86 right?

[barnabas1969]

Well, it might sound sexier if it was x69