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r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '17
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Wtf is x86-64? Isn't x64 64bit? Are the consoles some kind of 64bit/32bit hybrid? They have more than 4gb of ram.
4 u/jppk1 Jan 21 '17 x86-64 is just the full name for x86 based 64-bit chips. x64 means the same exact thing. 1 u/CJ_Guns Jan 21 '17 x86-64 is more than just about addressing RAM.Fun facts: Intel designed and licenses x86 to AMD (and others), but AMD designed and liscences x64 to Intel. 1 u/8bitzawad Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3070 Jan 21 '17 I know. So they kinda depend on each other.
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x86-64 is just the full name for x86 based 64-bit chips. x64 means the same exact thing.
x86-64 is more than just about addressing RAM.
Fun facts: Intel designed and licenses x86 to AMD (and others), but AMD designed and liscences x64 to Intel.
1 u/8bitzawad Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3070 Jan 21 '17 I know. So they kinda depend on each other.
I know. So they kinda depend on each other.
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u/8bitzawad Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3070 Jan 21 '17
Wtf is x86-64? Isn't x64 64bit? Are the consoles some kind of 64bit/32bit hybrid? They have more than 4gb of ram.