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What many don't know is that this also affects other things. Windows XP was primarily 32 bit. Before anyone emails me - yes there was a 64 bit Windows XP but there was poor driver support and never took hold. With the death of Windows XP is also the death of DX 9. With Vista being the low end propduct that means DX 11 (Vista shipped with DX 10 but a Vista SP2 pack update pushed it to DX 11) DX 10 will be the low end (actually DX 10.1 with Vista SP2). Eventually Microsoft will drop support for 32 bit processors. Ubuntu server recently released its server version 14.04 as 64 bit only (the beginning of a trend?). Rumor - Windows 9 will be 64 bit only (I heard the same rumor for Windows 8)? What does this all mean?
If you have a 32 bit processor running Windows XP start shopping for a new computer - now!
If you have a DX 9 video card, this would be a good time to upgrade - Just like Windows XP, it will continue to work but not as well.
Games are going to be released with new higher minimum hardware requirements - if you are hoping TS4 will run better then TS3 on your present computer that is having trouble with TS3, you may get disappointed. I think there will be a new (higher) minimum requirement.
I have windows 8 directx11 64 bit and I have not seen any windows 8 or 8.1 with 32 bit
In speaking to EA I did get a little info on Sims 4 from a CS rep. This person knew too much about a lot of things and maybe I got lucky and got a higher up at EA. They calim it will be more computer friendly that the sims 3. It sounds more like TS2 play to a degree and it would be in EA's best intrest to make this new game to be compatable with a varity of computers. I was also told it is being made on windows 8. (maybe 8.1 as well) Being made on the newest computers available
My ASUS eee pc is running Windows 8.1 32 bit. Hmmm - the Intel Processor Atom N450 has a 64 bit instruction set. I had 32 bit Win 7 on it and just upgraded it to Win 8.1 32 bit. Have to think about this.
As there are many 32 bit computers in the world EA would not want to not eliminate those customers. Well Mozilla did a back pedal after it shut off the Nightly update channel and reactivated after much ruckus. Now that Brendan Eich is unemployed we might see a 64 bit Firefox. Although 3rd party support is small but growing I have been using Nightly for some time and it seems to work pretty good. Don't know why it isn't on the download page but it can be found. I also use the Pale Moon version but Nightly seems faster.
I think EA will play this one smart. To many law suits and them not fixing games has given them a bad rep. For all of us who have played Every sims game, the first two everyone had a computer that played thoses games. Sims 3 we all of a sudden needed a gaming computer. This Im sure did hurt EA.Not everyone is going to buy a gaming computer. I remember a lot of sims fans being mad their computer could not handle the game. They would get a lot more sales keeping the new game computer friendly. I just hope we never see a rabbit hole again!!
You must have been reading my mind. I was going to download java 64 and realized firefox is only 32 LOL . I should oad java 64 anyway.
don't think your going to need to worry about 32/64 bit and a high end computer for the sims 4
And I heard Microsoft is going to improve the file system (still waiting). You have to understand that the minimum requirement for other games has benn raised since 2009 when TS3 was released. If you haven't updated your computer since 2009 and it had trouble with TS3 in 2009 I'm guessing it's going to have trouble with a game to be released in 2015. When I was playing Tombraider, every generaqtion meant a trip to the computer store.
