steam running in 32 bit mode

[† ROGUE †]

I was downloading a game today and opened the task manager and saw there , steam (32 bit) is operating the task , and all steam tasks had the steam (32 bit) written on them ... so does that means steam runs on 32 bit mode ? or is theres something wrong in my client , and if so how i fix it ,

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Supafly]

Which is normal, no need for a 64 bit client

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by † ROGUE †:

I was downloading a game today and opened the task manager and saw there , steam (32 bit) is operating the task , and all steam tasks had the steam (32 bit) written on them ... so does that means steam runs on 32 bit mode ? or is theres something wrong in my client , and if so how i fix it ,

Any help would be greatly appreciated


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The only difference between 32 and 64bit is the amount of memory an application can address. 32bit applications can only address a maxium of 4GB of RAM.

There is zero need for the Steam client to need to access more than 4GB of RAM so there isn't a need for a 64bit version of the client.

[† ROGUE †]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by † ROGUE †:

I was downloading a game today and opened the task manager and saw there , steam (32 bit) is operating the task , and all steam tasks had the steam (32 bit) written on them ... so does that means steam runs on 32 bit mode ? or is theres something wrong in my client , and if so how i fix it ,

Any help would be greatly appreciated

The only difference between 32 and 64bit is the amount of memory an application can address. 32bit applications can only address a maxium of 4GB of RAM.

There is zero need for the Steam client to need to access more than 4GB of RAM so there isn't a need for a 64bit version of the client.

well its just no other applications has the ( 32 bit ) tag on their name in the task manager , so its wht i was thinking ....

but if thats normal and same for everyone , then its all good

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

The only difference between 32 and 64bit is the amount of memory an application can address. 32bit applications can only address a maxium of 4GB of RAM.

Theres more to it than just amount of ram it can access , 32 bit is generally slower than 64 bit in terms of overall performance