Captn Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Im thinking of getting Vista, but Im not sure if I want to get the 32bit or the 64bit. Other then running 4gigs of ram are thier any benefits to using 64bit Vista at this point in time? Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 64bit machines are better at opening larger files quicker, they're faster at "number-crunching" (like compiling code, loading files, etc), and give access to twice the registers that 32bit Windows does (although this will benefit 32bit apps very little). Windows itself, being 64bit, will operate faster than it's 32bit counterpart given more RAM, too, but otherwise, not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captn Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 (edited) Will I be able to run 32bit games, without any issues? I guess what Im asking is will it run 32bit games in emulation & if so will this cause a performance hit in my 32bit games? Edited August 10, 2007 by Captn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amit_talkin Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Will I be able to run 32bit games, without any issues? I guess what Im asking is will it run 32bit games in emulation & if so will this cause a performance hit in my 32bit games?yes, you can. if u r gonna play newer games ( made after 2004 ) it will 99% work! i have lotta games and they all working fine on x64 edition.few games are likecounter strikecounter strike : condition zerocounter strike : sourceHalf life 2Half life : lost coastHalf life : Death MatchGarry's modMedieval 2 : Total warWarhammer 40000 seriesChronicles of RiddickCompany Of HeroesDiRTNFS mostwantedNFS carbonNFS UGNFS UG: 2DeltaForce : BlackHawkDown & Team SabrePrince Of Persia : Warrior WithinPrince Of Persia : The Two ThronesMafiaGTA : Vice CityGTA: San AndreasGTA 3FEARFEAR : Extraction PointFar CryDriver : Parallel LinesAge Of Empires 3 & expansionRainbow Six : VegasGhost Recon : Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2BattleField 2BattleField 2142Call Of Duty 2Cricket 2007All Gamehouse games ( lol )HaloInfernalSTALKERTestDrive UnlimitedTOCA : RaceDriver 3WTCCTomb Rider : AnniversoryUnreal Tournament 2004Quake 3Quake 4Warcraft 3 & expansionsWorld of warcraftworld of warcraft : burning crusadeabove games are tested by me on my x64 vista ultimate, and all works fine without any problem. RegardsAMIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captn Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 (edited) Im playing Americas Army, Will be playing Madden 2008 on the 14th of Aug Company of Heroes THank you for the info, is thier any performance hit with running 32bit games in a 64bit OS? Edited August 11, 2007 by Captn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey242 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I never experienced any performance hit when I played 32bit games in 64bit WindowsXP so I imagine it would be the same for Vista64 bit also. I would reccommend you go with 64bit. You will have problems with drivers and some programs but it will be worth it in the end.Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amit_talkin Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Im playing Americas Army, Will be playing Madden 2008 on the 14th of Aug Company of Heroes THank you for the info, is thier any performance hit with running 32bit games in a 64bit OS?you neither get more performance nor loose it compared to xp and vista 32 bit editions. because all games are 32 bit , and they have nothing to do with 64bit OS. my advice to you to go with x64 . 5-6 fps diff. over 60 FPS is negotiable. however x64 os will eat more RAM than 32 bit here is my screenshot of current x64 system see memory usage at multimeter on sidebar.( 1136/2048 MB, with 2 apps running only) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captn Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Nice, TY. Im running a E6400 @ 3Ghz with 2gigs of DDR2 800 XMS2 Corsair, 8800GTS(640mb)EVGA, EVGA 680i mobo, Seasonic M-12 700watt psu. I was planning on getting Vista 64bit Ultimate and another 2 gigs of the same corsair im running now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amit_talkin Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 tht would be nice, i m getting rating score as shown in ss below. poor HDD . you can see my current config in my signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captn Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Very nice. Can you use 4gigs of memory with Vista Home Premium 32bit? Will it all show up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartel Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 (edited) Edited August 11, 2007 by kartel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slipk487 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The 32-bit versions will not show more then 4 you would be lucky to get 3.5 to show. Im thinking of switching to vista after i upgrade my computer. From what i heard about most of the programs i run they dont have issues. i can run vista on my machine now but games suffer more on vista then they do on xp. It will be nice to have the x64 once more programs that utilize 64 bit. From what i heard a lot of the steam games like half-life 2 and cs:s have x64 executables that are downloaded when you update the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captn Posted August 12, 2007 Author Share Posted August 12, 2007 The 32-bit versions will not show more then 4 you would be lucky to get 3.5 to show. Im thinking of switching to vista after i upgrade my computer. From what i heard about most of the programs i run they dont have issues. i can run vista on my machine now but games suffer more on vista then they do on xp. It will be nice to have the x64 once more programs that utilize 64 bit. From what i heard a lot of the steam games like half-life 2 and cs:s have x64 executables that are downloaded when you update the game.Cool, thank you for that info slipk487. I think I'll take the plunge and go with Vista Ultimate 64bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoblob Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I never experienced any performance hit when I played 32bit games in 64bit WindowsXP so I imagine it would be the same for Vista64 bit alsoAccording to my experience, Vista 64 is 0 - 5 % faster than its 32 bits counterpart, provided that you use updated drivers and make every possible tweak because Vista 64 is terribly bloated and taxing.After a couple of months fiddling around every piece of registry (and thanks to vLite), I don't miss anymore the excellent XP 64 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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