Vista Home Premium - 32 or 64 bit?

Jed Shields · 7 Mar 2008 at 13:46

Hi guys,

just wondering if it's worth me ording the 64bit upgrade disk. What's the advantages / disadvantages of each type?

Cheers,

Jed.

neocon · 7 Mar 2008 at 13:55

4 gb ram with 64bit

Jed Shields · 7 Mar 2008 at 19:05

Okay, so assuming I have 4Gb Ram, what are the advantages?

Rackerz · 7 Mar 2008 at 19:13

Your 64bit system will take advantage of it, those stuck on 32bit will be sad when 4GB becomes the normal and they'll have to make a change. There is really no large difference when you compare the 32bit and 64bit systems except for the limitations of RAM on the 32bit systems.

Burnsy2023 · 7 Mar 2008 at 19:30

Do a search, there is a thread on this literally every day.

Burnsy

NathanE · 7 Mar 2008 at 19:32

Jed Shields said:
Okay, so assuming I have 4Gb Ram, what are the advantages?

Your computer is faster, more secure, more stable and just generally better.

Although Microsoft won't yet publicly admit it - the 32-bit OS is practically deprecated internally.

neocon · 7 Mar 2008 at 21:35

what sort of sofrware issues might i encounter with 64bit vista?

i play cod4, tf2, css

i have ms office 2003, will that still work?

Teki187 · 7 Mar 2008 at 21:41

neocon said:
what sort of sofrware issues might i encounter with 64bit vista?

i play cod4, tf2, css

i have ms office 2003, will that still work?

Everything will work.

neocon · 7 Mar 2008 at 21:46

games slightly slower right?

hernaldo · 7 Mar 2008 at 22:13

neocon said:
games slightly slower right?

A little, but only noticeable if you have a pants old setup to start with, in which case you shouldn't be using Vista in the first place.

We're talking 1-2% lower frame rate in some games etc.

Rackerz · 7 Mar 2008 at 22:48

In terms of FPS we are talking 1-5, you will not notice the difference

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mattyrigby00 · 7 Mar 2008 at 23:40

64 bit, 32 bit is old tech TBH.

carrera4 · 9 Mar 2008 at 13:48

I have gone to Vista x64 and the system works fine, but some programs cause crashes, so beware! There are some Companies who offer good support, others don't care. I have (had) two Canon laser printers which won't work and they couldn't give a damn, my scanner had to be replaced. HP some Epson and Brother,super backup. WD My Book works but the software doesn't. Many software programs are just not compatible, and they don't all do what they say on the tin.

NathanE · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:23

"Some programs cause crashes"? Can you offer any more detail on that?

drak3 · 9 Mar 2008 at 15:59

32bit computing is dead. Like CRTs and ball mice

Unless you still use a CRT and a ball mouse, go for 64bits