Powder Toy in x64
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Hello! I am MPSGA, I've been in this forum for some time now, I love The Powder Toy, and play with this "toy" every day;).
I hope that this question applies to the Help section, I also doubted it would go to Off-Topic section because it is not off-topic; in case this subject is off-topic, please remind me. "Very formal. Very Official."(copying GLaDOS
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Is The Powder Toy also available for Windows versions that are based on x64 or is it only in 32-bit edition?
If it is also available in 64-bit, then is it faster if I have 64-bit computer?
Thank you for answering(if someone ever will answer)
MPSGA
(NB: I am sorry if my English MIGHT be wrong, I am 13 years old and even worse, I'm Estonian, so please let me know if you would say something 'the other way'. Don't please laugh about this post as I am being as formal as I ever will be.) -
bchandark:Powder Toy is available on both architectures. 64-bit just handles RAM more efficiently. If you have sufficient RAM, it shouldn't make a difference. Your English is fine, no need to apologize.
No. you are wrong about that.
x86-64 have several more registers that can be used. And much more. It does not handle ram more efficiently. -
Felix
The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer's processor (also called a CPU), handles information. The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than a 32-bit system.
source: www.microsoft.com
It may have other benefits, but I know for sure 64 bit can handle RAM more effectively than 32 bit. -
bchandark:Felix
The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer's processor (also called a CPU), handles information. The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than a 32-bit system.
source: www.microsoft.com
It may have other benefits, but I know for sure 64 bit can handle RAM more effectively than 32 bit.
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zc00gii:the term bits generally mean how much memory a CPU can manage at a time, that means, in one cycle, a 8-bit processor can access a byte, a 16bit can access a word, a 32bit can access a double word, and a 64bit can access a quad word. It must pick up an entire 8bits, 16bits, whatever as well, so that is a limitation if you have slow RAM. Also, the general registers(ax, bx, cx, and dx) also have a bigger size(sorta). all of those are a byte, and ah, and al for example, are the two parts of ax. ax is the last byte of eax, and so on.
Then there are R registers and what not.
bchandark: "64bit" is a completely invalid statement, the computer is not 64bit. it uses an architecture called x86-64.
Where some parts have 64bit wide memory busses and things like that. They do not handle it more efficiently. Windows for x86-64 might do it. But that is not valid everywhere.
, a lot better than quite a few 13 year olds i know
