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I installed Wine 1.7.13 from PlayOnLinux to run Origin client on my Ubuntu 14.04. But the menu shows two tabs with Wine(x86) versions and Wine(amd64) versions.

Can anyone explain the difference between the two?

Which version is more reliable for gaming?

SY_13
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  • As with anything related to this: amd64 is 64-bit and x86 is 32-bit. "Which version is more reliable for gaming? " Depends on the game... – Rinzwind Jan 09 '15 at 16:18
  • I'm trying to run FIFA14 on my Ubuntu but am not optimistic of my chances. Which version should i go for then? – SY_13 Jan 09 '15 at 16:38
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    @SY13: Ramvignesh's answer is better if he just edits it and adds "32-bit or 64-bit game?" You can unaccept the bad one and "accept" the better one! ;-) – Fabby Jan 09 '15 at 16:57

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Can anyone explain the difference between the two?

x86 denotes 32-bit machine architecture.

amd64 denotes 64-bit machine architecture.

Which version is more reliable for gaming?

Depends.

x86 is reliable for 32-bit games.

amd64 is reliable for 64-bit games.

Postscript:

amd64 is commonly referred to as x64. The previously used 64-bit version was designed by the Intel corp which was called as x86-64. It was not compatible with the native x86 instruction set. In 2003, AMD introduced the perfect 64-bit version for the x86 instruction set. Since they introduced it, it is named after them as amd64. Hope you would have enjoyed the history :)

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    Good one! Sometimes it's better to down-vote an existing bad answer and write a new one then to try to edit it! At least you've got an up-vote from me now! ;-) – Fabby Jan 09 '15 at 16:54
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    thank you. n ur comment deserves many votes. i've made one too :-) – Ramvignesh Jan 09 '15 at 17:00
  • Just do me a favour and read http://askubuntu.com/questions/569679/whats-a-good-back-up-strategy-for-1-desktop-pc – Fabby Jan 09 '15 at 17:05
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    If only i could, dont have enough rep!! I'm a noob!! :P – SY_13 Jan 09 '15 at 17:13
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    Oh, and I forgot to add: It's considered "polite" to leave a comment when you downvote! – Fabby Jan 09 '15 at 17:22
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Because AMD was the first to develop a 64-bit processor, we still call a 64-bit version "AMD64" today although there are more Intel 64-bit processors today then AMD ones.

"x86" is for 32 bit machines only.

So which is "more reliable for gaming", depends on the game: 32 bit or 64-bit?

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  • Wine x86 will ONLY run 32 bits programs.
  • Wine x64 will ONLY run 64 bits programs.

Most of x64 programs come with x32 version, so, for better compatibility you may preffer it.

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