plino Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hi all I tried searching the forum for x64 but the search engine doesn't work with words smaller then 3 characters (which renders useless any search by XP Pro x64...) Is there a native 64bit build of Defraggler? Is it planned? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hi all I tried searching the forum for x64 but the search engine doesn't work with words smaller then 3 characters (which renders useless any search by XP Pro x64...) Is there a native 64bit build of Defraggler? Is it planned? Thanks! Hello plino, Welcome to the forums !!! This link will answer your question. http://docs.piriform.com/defraggler/introd...em-requirements This following link will assist with any Piriform products. Piriform Documentation - Bookmark and save to Favorites docs.piriform.com Best wishes, davey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plino Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hi davey This does not answer at all to my question. It just shows that Defraggler can run on a x64 system. But as a 32bit program. My question is: do you (Piriform) plan to release a native 64bit version? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrRon Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 We currently have no plans to release a native 64 bit version of Defraggler as the current one is fully compatible with 64 bit OSs. MrRon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plino Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hi MrRon Thank you for the answer. Wouldn't using 64bit code speed up the task? What about using multiprocessor or multicore tasks? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesuitx Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hi MrRon Thank you for the answer. Wouldn't using 64bit code speed up the task? What about using multiprocessor or multicore tasks? Thanks! You might want to read about the pros and cons of 64-bit software at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#Pros_and_cons Many people have fallen into the trap of believing that 64-bit automatically means faster, and the truth is, this isn't the case for the majority of applications. Whether 64-bit Windows executes 64-bit software faster is not something I'm knowledgeable about. Software like Defraggler are almost always bottlenecked by the performance of your hard drive, not CPU or memory availability. Having 64-bit software in this case would probably not make much of a difference. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plino Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 jesuitx, thank you very much for an excellent answer. I had almost given up on getting an answer. Apparently the question wasn't interesting enough for admins or forum helpers to bother to answer. I guess your answer also covers the benefits from multiprocessor (or multicore) use. If the bottleneck is the HD activity (which makes sense) then there is no need for more processing power. Thank you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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