fx-6300 32 or 64 bit??? please help!

[adza botchway]

So i am really confused as to whether the 6300 is a 64 bit or a 32 bit CPU because i built a pc for my friend the other week and he cant run gta V on it because he has a 32 bit OS but he will fix that soon enough, the odd thing is that when i checked if the cpu was a 32 or 64 bit CPU, it said x86, meaning 32 bit right...? i've also seen people say on this website that they are running a 64 bit OS with the apparently 32 bit cpu which i didn't know was possible? Do you need a 64 bit cpu to run with 64 bit OS or what? Im so confused, please help!

 

[Wolfshadw]

All processors for the last ten years or so have been 64 bit capable.

-Wolf sends

 

[aaaabbbbcccc]

It's 64bit there are very few modern cpus that aren't 64bit. x86 was an old designation used by intel for it's supported instruction sets. x86_64 should be the current designation.

more here --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64

i think the only processors still being made by intel/amd that's 32bit is the intel atom

 

[adza botchway]

No, its a 64 bit cpu,they all have been for about 11 years.
If you install a 32bit o/s on it its not a problem,except for the ram access volume.

Ohhhhhhhhh okaayyy thank you so much! That clear up so much... wow! That explains why he is only allowed to used 2.1 gb's of the 8 that he has on his ram sticks!