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yes upgrade to 64bit 35 77.78%
no stay with xp 32bit 3 6.67%
dual boot both os's 7 15.56%
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Old 01-06-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default xp32 bit to vista 64bit? and gaming?
thinking of going vista 64 bit.
how is gaming on it? what works? what doesn't?
yes or no?
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If you can get it for a good price then go for it. If you are going to buy an OS, Vista 64 is your best option.

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Vista 64bit has matured and is very stable.

A big benefit of the 64bit OS is its support of 4 Gigs of RAM +.

Gaming can be played in DirectX10 and DX10.1 (better visual quality).

Also if a game is finiky with a 64bit OS or DX10, you have the option to run it in compalibility mode of a XP 32bit OS.

More and more apps/games are going to be starting support for 64bit and time is good to go Vista 64bit!
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i'll give it a shot.
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I say go for it. I dont notice any difference in performance with SP1, stability is excellent as is driver support. Also, you cant lose with true 64 bit especially with your 4gb ram!
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i went from xp 32 bit to vista 64 bit, i was shocked because i was anti vista. thats what happens when u get a taste of 4gbs ram
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I'll say go with Vista 64bit.The only game that doesn't work well in Vista 64bit is BF2142. But the rest that I installed have been no problems..

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I have had no issues with any application or game and Vista 64 bit.
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I went from 2Gb of Ram & XP 32bit to 8Gb of Ram and Vista x64, system is a lot snappier.
The Vista search bar is worth it alone.
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thinking of going vista 64 bit.
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I have yet to run into a game that doesn't work.

Some GPU overclocking tools like ATITool don't work, but there are other options out there.

Just upgrade - no need to screw around with dual boot.

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