Tomorrow Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Are there any plans for a separate 64bit only version of AIDA64? I could not find such version. I suppose currently it's 32bit mostly for compablity reasons? Also i can not get around the name itself - AIDA64 - it's literally implied in the name that it is a 64bit program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 We do have plans, but not for the near future. We're watching the market, the evolution of the Windows PC ecosystem, and we'll make our move to 64-bit once it will become necessary or mandatory. The 32-bit main binary is there because that's the best compromise. Having a 64-bit main binary wouldn't be a major benefit, but on the other hand it would raise a lot of issues. One such issue would be a considerably bigger distribution package, more than twice the size of the current ZIP and EXE package. That's because when you have a 64-bit main binary, you need to have all DLLs compiled to 64-bit as well -- while retaining the existing 32-bit DLLs for compatibility reasons. Another issue is that many interfaces and APIs that AIDA64 relies on have no 64-bit support. And so when you want to use such an interface/API from AIDA64, it works now, but it would stop working if the user switched to the 64-bit main binary. As for the name itself: it's there to separate the software from its predecessors, namely AIDA32 and AIDA16. While it's true that the main binary is still 32-bit, but the critical parts (modules) that truly benefit from porting 64-bit are already available in both 64-bit and 32-bit flavours. Those modules are the benchmarks and the stress test (AIDA64 System Stability Test). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Are there any Updates for a 64bit program only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 On 2/20/2020 at 8:43 AM, Jens said: Are there any Updates for a 64bit program only? Not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmutcheese Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 It is nearly 2022 and soon to be released Win 11 is 64bit only so let us have a version that does not run in WOW64 (32bit emulation) and instead be native 64bit. The installer does not even need be separate it can be both 32/64 so for Win 10/11 etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashtest Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 One of the problems is Borland ähm Embarcadero and its Delphi. AIDA64 is written in Delphi - Delphi 64 Bit compiled apps are huges (sometimes 25mb vs 2mb) and some functions wont work as in 32bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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