Benefits of the 64 bits version?

[bgzzz]

Hello,

Glad to see the release of the waited game :)


I bought just the game, downloading the 64 bits version, but I'm wondering what is the benefit of the X64 bits version...

Can you enlighten me?

thx

[Grauniad]

The 64-bit version is approximately 5% faster than the 32 bit version, but then, the 64-bit version can only run on 64-bit Windows, whereas the 32-bit version can run on both 64- and 32- bit operating systems.

Additionally, there is a slight change that you may have an error running the 64-bit version due to some weird pre-requisites.

Right now the Mac 64-bit version is not even available due to some issues.

[bgzzz]

The 64-bit version is approximately 5% faster than the 32 bit version, but then, the 64-bit version can only run on 64-bit Windows, whereas the 32-bit version can run on both 64- and 32- bit operating systems.

Additionally, there is a slight change that you may have an error running the 64-bit version due to some weird pre-requisites.

Right now the Mac 64-bit version is not even available due to some issues.

thx :)

I was wondering if the game would require more than 2 gb of ram to run ;)

[Grauniad]

I was wondering if the game would require more than 2 gb of ram to run ;)

Nope. The only thing is that the 64-bit version does garbage collection less freuently since it can use more storage and hence the slight performance increase.

[miquelfire]

Watch, some custom map will come out that does so much, you need a few GBs to play it, to the point that you need the 64-bit version to play. I seen custom maps on CW2 peg multiple cores to max usage.

[Grauniad]

Watch, some custom map will come out that does so much, you need a few GBs to play it, to the point that you need the 64-bit version to play. I seen custom maps on CW2 peg multiple cores to max usage.

Not possible.