"Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:gj5422$1hk...@digitalmars.com... > Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> 2. I have absolutely zero interest in 64-bit. To the people annoyed at >> the limitations of the 32-bit address space: What in the world are you >> working on? Non-linear video editors and 3D modeling packages? > > Games. See http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/x86-64.ars/5
The only reason games ever need 64-bit is for the ever-increasing graphics whoring. Sure, you'll probably need 64-bit for Gear-of-War quality graphics, but as a gamer, why the fuck should I care about that? That article heavily cites Epic, but Epic's had their heads firmly up their asses for a good long while now. They're far more interested in forcing hardware upgrades on people than anything else.