You probably won't see any benefit over 32-bit at the moment from
performance point of view, at least not with 32-bit apps and at least not
enough to overcome any lack of drivers you may face. It ultimately comes
down to that, if you've got completely compatible hardware, and you're
willing to face off a small number of games and other pieces of software
which aren't compatible then strongly consider it.
I'll point out though if you buy the retail version of Ultimate, it comes
with 32-bit and 64-bit in the box, so you can migrate over at a later date,
or you can test the 64-bit out first without activating it and see how it
runs, then replace it with 32-bit if needed.
--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
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"Neil Catling" <neil@ncatling.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi All
> I am now going to buy vista for my gaming Pc,The question I have 'Is shall
> I buy 32 bit or 64 bit' bearing in mind that I am only using this for
> games and games only.
> I will be buying ultimate.
>
> Any suggestions would be great.
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Asus Crosshair motherboard
> AM2 5200 X2 2.6Ghz Cpu
> 2 GB Corsair Pc6400 800Mhz Dominator 4-4-4-12 DDR2
> XFX Geforce 8800 GTX
> Tagan 580 watt Psu
> 32 Bit Windows XP
>
>