32bit specific issues were not fixed before the removal. But just like the D3D9 bugs were "fixed" by D3D9 being removed, it's not a problem that users will encounter in Dolphin anymore, and that means it's fixed for us.
Emulation speed was covered. And so was users with x64 CPUs running 32bit windows (spoiler: it's everyone who is using 32bit windows). You did read the article, right?
Let me answer those for you.
Irrelevant to Dolphin. Anything too old for x64 drivers is too old to run Dolphin anyway. CPUs and GPUs have x64 drivers going back to way before vista was released. As for other devices, well, whether or not your zip drive or scsi drive runs doesn't matter to Dolphin. Besides, I would bet money there are vista drivers for those things anyway.
Only matters if you have a budget system, which wouldn't run Dolphin well anyway. I'll list that as "Not our problem".
Considering you need a hundreds of dollars in PC parts to run the majority of games in Dolphin fluidly... I don't see why that matters. Windows 8 is the cheapest windows ever, and it's fast. Aethetics aside, it's the friendliest Windows has ever been for upgraders. And your refusal to update OSes would also be listed as "not our problem".
Basically, the devs had to make a decision for what was best for Dolphin and the majority of it's userbase. Yes, there were people using 32bit windows on supported hardware and they can't use new development builds anymore. But nearly double that number was the group who were mistakenly downloading 32bit even though they were already using 64bit windows! With 32bit's userbase shrinking rapidly, Windows XP already unsupported, and a lot of growing confusion problems, the decision was made.
Kosmos Wrote:Also, I read the article about dropping x86 support, but some cases about emulation speed on x86 is not covered. Often, peoples use win32 on a cpu that actually support x64.
Emulation speed was covered. And so was users with x64 CPUs running 32bit windows (spoiler: it's everyone who is using 32bit windows). You did read the article, right?
Kosmos Wrote:There are many reasons why peoples use win32 on x64 cpu.
Some peoples want more compatibility with drivers for old devices.
Some peoples use win32 for HDD and RAM saving, because x64 uses more
Some peoples forced to use win32, because it's their legally bough OS and they don't want to spend money on x64
Or all those 3 cases on one, while they can play games just fine.
Let me answer those for you.
Kosmos Wrote:Some peoples want more compatibility with drivers for old devices.
Irrelevant to Dolphin. Anything too old for x64 drivers is too old to run Dolphin anyway. CPUs and GPUs have x64 drivers going back to way before vista was released. As for other devices, well, whether or not your zip drive or scsi drive runs doesn't matter to Dolphin. Besides, I would bet money there are vista drivers for those things anyway.
Kosmos Wrote:Some peoples use win32 for HDD and RAM saving, because x64 uses more
Only matters if you have a budget system, which wouldn't run Dolphin well anyway. I'll list that as "Not our problem".
Kosmos Wrote:Some peoples forced to use win32, because it's their legally bough OS and they don't want to spend money on x64
Considering you need a hundreds of dollars in PC parts to run the majority of games in Dolphin fluidly... I don't see why that matters. Windows 8 is the cheapest windows ever, and it's fast. Aethetics aside, it's the friendliest Windows has ever been for upgraders. And your refusal to update OSes would also be listed as "not our problem".
Basically, the devs had to make a decision for what was best for Dolphin and the majority of it's userbase. Yes, there were people using 32bit windows on supported hardware and they can't use new development builds anymore. But nearly double that number was the group who were mistakenly downloading 32bit even though they were already using 64bit windows! With 32bit's userbase shrinking rapidly, Windows XP already unsupported, and a lot of growing confusion problems, the decision was made.
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