windows vista 32bit or 64bit

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simple question what is the diffrenece betwean windows vista 32bit and 64bit and which one is better for gaming?
 
Its meant for your chip design.. Tell us what type of chip You are using, AMD64/Dual Core, Intel D/P4, Intel Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo...
 
i thought it was like that only wasn't sure anyway my chip design is core2duo e6660 conroe
 
Not sure how the Core2s work, but EM64T processors from Intel tend to see a very slight performance drop when running a 32 bit application on a 64 bit OS, however they see a nice increase in performance when running a 64 bit application. Personally, I'm on Vista x64 on an EM64T processor and it's doing great for both gaming as well as general application use. There is that "vista hit" on framerate though, but this is unrelated to the topic at hand.
 
I wouldn't even consider installing Vista untill in about one year. It seems to be just the same as when XP came, nothing works on it yet.
 
your cpu supports 64 bit
so use 64 bit vista

i m uzing it to and it works great

everybody saying that 32 bit applications on it works slower is not well informed , cause it works exactly the same

the only big diffrence (for u) is the drivers
if u r able to find 64 bit drivers for al ure hardware u should definitly use 64 bit

and it probably wont be a problem for u cause if u have a e6600 cpu
so u will probably have the latest hardware
and driver support for the latest hardware is no problem
 
your cpu supports 64 bit
so use 64 bit vista

i m uzing it to and it works great

everybody saying that 32 bit applications on it works slower is not well informed , cause it works exactly the same

The source for my post, in which I stated minor performance loss for 32-bit applications on a 64-bit OS with EM64T, was Intel's site.

Example source: 64-Bit Computing: EM64T
And yes, I'm on Vista 64 and it does work fine. I didn't even have driver issues.
 
from what u say i understand i should get the 64bit vista right?

hmmm what sort of bugs will i be dealing with if i install vista?
 
64-bit if your CPU supports it. It allows for larger addressing of memory so you can have as much as you want.

In terms of speed it's a toss up. Some programs works better on 32-bit as the 32-bit emulator in the 64-bit slows them down but then again some programs (including alot of games) works better on the 64-bit.

The emulator on Vista 64-bit is far superior then the one for XP 64-bit. So yo no longer have to worry about massive performance loss with 32-bit apps.

My wife uses Vista Ultimate 64-bit and it runs very smooth. Just make sure there are drivers for it. The driver support for Vista 64-bit is a little lower then that of the 32-bit.

NoPeace - out
 
i agree with you and its just same XP with added features.. not cool:2gunsfiring_v1:

Umm... The kernal is completely different... So how is it the same? XP is basically 2000 with a new gui and added programs.

Vista on the other hand is a whole new kernal revision. The OS is made completely different form how the past ones are. That's why there is a lack of driver support as it takes ages to code for a new OS as they can't easily port it as they did from 2000 to XP.

NoPeace - out
 
ok so my cpu (intel core 2 duo e6660 conroe 2.4 GHz 4m sharing l2 cache lga 775 proccesor) whould work with vista 64 bit.
and two more questions if i can affrod it should i get it now or wait?
and i bought a new computer a couple of monthes ago so the drivers should be ok right?
and what other drivers do i need expect of grphic and cpu
 
ok so my cpu (intel core 2 duo e6660 conroe 2.4 GHz 4m sharing l2 cache lga 775 proccesor) whould work with vista 64 bit.
and two more questions if i can affrod it should i get it now or wait?
and i bought a new computer a couple of monthes ago so the drivers should be ok right?
and what other drivers do i need expect of grphic and cpu

Yes the e6600 will support it.

If you buy the retail it comes with both.

If you bought it after October then you get vista for free.

NoPeace - out
 
by retail has it both u mean 32bit and 64bit?
and i got my computer in december 2006 so are the hardware drivers are up to date?
 
yes it has 32bit... and 64bit also...
from my experience with win xp 64bit i advise to use 32bit (win xp)...
but you asked for vista, then go on and use 64bit ;)
 
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