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Old 04-09-14, 09:35 AM   #19
TheDarkWraith
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Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer View Post
I'm pleased to hear the game runs so well on Windows 7 64 bit because that is going to be my next OS. But is there really a benefit of running a 64 bit OS if - as you point out - most programs are compiled as 32 bit apps?
The OS is the heart and soul. Why restrict the OS to a theoretical 4GB memory limit (2^32) instead of 16 exabytes (2^64)? With much more memory available to the OS it has much more flexibility in what it can do.
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