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Can I run a 64-bit game on my 32-bit version of Windows?
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03/12/2022
Betty Stoler
No. If a program is compiled for a 64bit architecture, you will not be able to run it on a 32bit or 16bit processor.
The program will be prepared to run with 64bit memory addresses, prepared to run with more than 2GB of RAM (if Windows, others with up to 4GB per process) and in general the compiler will have applied a series of optimisations for that architecture that will prevent it from running on 32bit, even if the program is functionally the same.
It_qna
No. If a program is compiled for a 64bit architecture, you will not be able to run it on a 32bit or 16bit processor.
The program will be prepared to run with 64bit memory addresses, prepared to run with more than 2GB of RAM (if Windows, others with up to 4GB per process) and in general the compiler will have applied a series of optimisations for that architecture that will prevent it from running on 32bit, even if the program is functionally the same.