Rookie Question on 32bit v 64 bit drivers

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I'm a little embarrassed to be asking this question - since I should
probably know it - but here goes - I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe with
an Athlon64 3500+. I am using Windows XP Pro service pack 2. Do I use
32 bit or 64 bit drivers? My CPU is 64bit - but I'm not sure if the
drivers refer to the CPU or the OS. My XP is the standard version -
not the 64 bit version. I'd appreciate someone clearing this up for
me. Thanks

Dwight

 

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Thanks for the help.

Dwight

 

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DwightANJ schrieb:

> I'm a little embarrassed to be asking this question - since I should
> probably know it - but here goes - I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe with
> an Athlon64 3500+. I am using Windows XP Pro service pack 2. Do I use
> 32 bit or 64 bit drivers?

32 bit, as the CPU is used as an ordinary 32 bit x86 processor by your
32 bit OS right now and the x86-64 capabilities are unused.

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[BigJim]

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check out www.tomshareware.com they have a review on the 64 bit OS.

"DwightANJ" <dwight.atkinson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124984846.464682.327010@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I'm a little embarrassed to be asking this question - since I should
> probably know it - but here goes - I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe with
> an Athlon64 3500+. I am using Windows XP Pro service pack 2. Do I use
> 32 bit or 64 bit drivers? My CPU is 64bit - but I'm not sure if the
> drivers refer to the CPU or the OS. My XP is the standard version -
> not the 64 bit version. I'd appreciate someone clearing this up for
> me. Thanks
>
> Dwight
>

 

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DwightANJ wrote:
> I'm a little embarrassed to be asking this question - since I should
> probably know it - but here goes - I have an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe with
> an Athlon64 3500+. I am using Windows XP Pro service pack 2. Do I use
> 32 bit or 64 bit drivers? My CPU is 64bit - but I'm not sure if the
> drivers refer to the CPU or the OS. My XP is the standard version -
> not the 64 bit version. I'd appreciate someone clearing this up for
> me. Thanks
>
> Dwight
>

Unless you're using Windows XP 64-Bit Edition you need the 32-bit drivers.

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