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Old 15th April 2011, 21:56   #6982  |  Link
nevcairiel
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Originally Posted by Virtual_ManPL View Post
-better performance, cause x86-64 add a bunch of registers which can improve it
64bit also makes addresses and some data-types bigger, which can actually slow down your software.

IMHO, 64-bit is only really useful if you need to handle alot of data, and the 32-bit address space might run out on you.
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