Is the SA Client going to be pushed in both 32 Bit and 64 Bit versions?

[EnigmaMaitreya]

If this has been asked and answered well I am sorry and just let this post die a natural death.

 

[Ender]

Pushed?

 

[EnigmaMaitreya]

Pushed?

*Sigh*

Available for downloading.

I rather assumed it might be an automatic download, with the User being given some kind of choice mechanism.

Another assumption is, and I thought I had seen this stated, that the SA Client is free and independent of the SA expansion.

 

[IanJames]

It will be free and independent of the expansion. . .


I have heard that it will not be an update to KR, you will have to do a fresh install. I could be wrong on that though.

 

[Ender]

I'm pretty sure it's a fresh install.

 

[Nylan]

I would have to guess that when SA is released it will work for both 32 and 64 bit versions, just the same as the current 2D and KR clients are.

I use both 32 and 64 bit Vista with the current clients and have not seen a problem.

 

[EnigmaMaitreya]

I would have to guess that when SA is released it will work for both 32 and 64 bit versions, just the same as the current 2D and KR clients are.

I use both 32 and 64 bit Vista with the current clients and have not seen a problem.

Yes I understand that 32Bit programs operate in an emulation layer on 64Bit machines. This does not give them the benefits of a 64Bit Architecture.

My bust, the question is more accurately asking if there is going to be a 64Bit Client.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb878002.aspx

Working with Applications in Windows 64-Bit

As you might have figured out by now, to run Win-32 based applications on 64-bit Windows you need to use an emulation layer and with Windows x64 Editions (even though a 32-bit process can't load a 64-bit DLL and a 64-bit process can't load a 32-bit DLL). The support for remote procedure call (RPC) allows communication between 64-bit and 32-bit processes. There are some other limitations as well - for example, if you try to run a 16-bit application in 64-bit Windows you will receive an error, due to handles having 32 significant bits in 64-bit Windows, thus you can't pass them to 16-bit Windows without losing data on the way.

Most Win32-based applications can run smoothly on Windows x64 Editions with the help of the x86 emulator, also known as WOW64. The system totally isolates 32-bit and 64-bit applications, so there is no file or registry collisions occurring between them. Users can cut and paste between the two transparently. However, don't be misled about the purpose of WOW64 - which is to provide seamless interoperability between the 32-bit and 64-bit boundaries by allowing us to run 32-bit applications in 64-bit Windows. In other words, it is not meant to necessarily run 32-bit server applications. Server applications such as SQL Server 2000 have their 64-bit edition (see links at the end of this article).

You may need to update your applications that run in kernel mode (such as Virus Protection applications) due to applications containing 16-bit code, even though they are considered to be 32-bit applications. It is recommended that you check your OEM's web site for updated software for x64 editions.

I didn't think to look and see if there is a 64Bit version of KR, I just assumed it was a 32Bit.