Gaming in 64bit

although I love vista I have problems with my 64-bit. my advice to you is make sure all your games are compatible. once everything converts it will be the way to go.

Oblivion played great in x64 Ultimate.

What games and what sorts of problems, if I may ask?

True that. I just built a new machine and spent several hours on the phone with Microsoft Tech support, and the only thing I came away with was how to "clean" the drive before you install. I found better help (and more relevant information) here than Microsoft has.

is there a price difference in x86 and x64? i bought x64 OEM for same price as x86 250AUD..

so happy just built new system, no problems with hardware/software compatability so far, i found all the 64 bit drivers i needed, ie. printer, etc and all my applications i need seem to run nicely without problem.. except, cuz of the permissions thing, punkbuster seems to have problems downloading files for cod4 and keeps getting kicked =(

Down here they just refer you to KB articles on there site and dont bother doing anything else unless you pay them for the support...oh and Bubba got banned a few weeks ago.

Steven

Most KB articles are pretty good and resolve a lot of problems. I've been using them for quite some time as a valuable resource. There's are far more resources from Microsoft as well before you even call them.

Yeah they are, I learnt a very, very long time ago it was pointless calling them for help with anything

90 perfcent of my games run on Vista 64. The games that don't are either too old, or use some hybrid install routine, or a 16bit install routine, or are 16bit programs.

For all HP computers, 64-bit is pretty good. They supply customers with all the necessary drivers for both 32-bit and 64-bit of the default operating system which is packaged with the system. Mine came with Vista Home Premium, which I late upgraded to Ultimate x64 and found all the drivers right on the HP website.

If you build the computer and only buy the components, it will probably be difficult to find certain drivers. Any graphics card is available in 64-bit but any non-standard component like an extra feature on the computer case like LED info may not.

If you find a computer you are really interested in buying, find the drivers first if you plan on actually getting 64-bit. Otherwise you'll be fine with 32-bit drivers with XP or Vista.