Since Windows XP Pro 64-Bit was released, there has been a lot of speculation of whether it would help current gaming or anything else in general. I put both versions of the OS through a round of benchmarks to see if the 64-Bit does indeed offer any advantage When Microsoft released the 64-Bit version of Windows XP Professional, there were many people wanting to upgrade to see if it would make any difference to their applications. Primarily though, I was concerned with gaming advantages, especially games like Half-Life 2 and Far Cry that can really push hardware and the CPU to it's limit.

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