calvin924597

What is the better choice for my system? It is used mainly for gaming.

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32bit, I use 64 now.... Have no problems. I might loose a few fps here and there though.

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zz0theta

The only games which you will see a difference in 64-bit is Farcry, Half-Life2, and I think it was Serious Sam.

For overall gaming use 32bit (more secure drivers, etc.)
However, 64bit won't give a huge FPS hit.

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All 64 bit compatible games.

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calvin924597

So on all other games, would I have a performance hit?

trendy

I would say, stick with 32-bit for now. But, order Vista 64bit and keep it laying around until you feel support for it is up to par. Microsoft officially supporting (and really pushing) a 64-bit OS means we'll see some great strides in driver development and applications support in the next year.

I actually JUST (and I mean, I was on NewEgg and surfed over here) ordered Vista Home Premium 64bit, just to keep it laying around or to install it in a dual boot with XP.

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ElMikeTheMike

Here's what you do, it's simple. Just look and see if 64-bit Drivers are out for each piece of your hardware. Specifically, your video cards. If your hardware is supported, go for the 64-bit. If its not, wait for the drivers or just stick to 32 bit.

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I'm using 64-bit right now, and I do feel a difference in certain games (HL2 and WoW)

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I've been doing the dual boot thing for a little while, and lately I've realized that I hardly boot into XP at all anymore. Once I decided to start playing with Vista, I realized it isn't all that bad. I't a little slower when I'm playing a big game like FEAR or HL2, but not really enough to notice.

To answer the original question, use 32 bit unless all your software/hardware is up-to-date (no older than a year or 2 at most). If everything is new, you won't have a problem running 64.

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trendy

I'm probably going to end up installing it over XP and just using it from there. For some reason Windows XP (well, more specifically NTFS) hates being resized and a lot of crazy crap happens when I do it.

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