updraging to 64 bit

[MadMax]

Im looking to upgrade to a 64 bit processor and new mother board. I currenty run Win XP Pro. I have a 1.2 G AMD and looking to go up to 2 G. Couple questions?
1. Will be able to still run all my current programs on it?
2. Can I continue to use Win XP Pro or do I need the 64 bit version
3. I've read you won't see a difference in the 64 bit until I upgrade Windows to 64 bit, Is this true?

64 bit hardware will run standard 32 bit XP Pro, or it will run XP64.

depending on age of other hardware you own, you may or may not have issues finding drivers for certrain items. I personally was lucky as I use Epson scanners and printers. I was able to find drivers for XP64 without issue.

My tablet has 64 bit drivers as does my sound hardware.

XP64 is only really going to show an advantage if you are running Lightwave 64, Cinema 4D 64, XSI 64 and a couple of others. However some apps will take advantage of the additional memory over the Windows XP Pro limit, even though only being a 32 bit app.

You will be able to run pretty much any of your existing software on XP64 if you should decide to go that way. Very few apps will not run, almost all of which are games.

If you do not have one of the apps that has a 64 bit version already, you will probably be better off suing standard XP Pro until Vista comes out or you upgrade one of your necessary apps.

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