32-Bit Vs 64-Bit Vista Home Premium

jpd1977uk · 18 Jan 2009 at 14:15

Im thinking of building a system and was wondering which will be better? 32-Bit or 64-Bit Vista Home Premium?

The PC will mainly be used for word, Excel, Internet, Games such as GTA 4, The SIMs 2 & 3 (When it comes out) Half Life ect..

hohum · 18 Jan 2009 at 14:25

Very little reason to stick with 32-bit now (unless you're using old hardware with limited driver support). If you're going for Vista, just grab the 64-bit version.

Kainz · 18 Jan 2009 at 14:38

Obviously your system will consist of a CPU that can handle 64bit instructions, and obviously it will have or eventually have 4GB of ram - so why would you stifle it's performance with a 32bit OS?

The question imo shouldn't even bear asking in this day and age.

Burnsy2023 · 18 Jan 2009 at 14:38

hohum said:
Very little reason to stick with 32-bit now (unless you're using old hardware with limited driver support). If you're going for Vista, just grab the 64-bit version.

/thread.

Kennysevenfold · 18 Jan 2009 at 14:49

yeah i have home pro x64 and works great, and with GTA iv youll be looking at 4gig of ram.?

jpd1977uk · 18 Jan 2009 at 18:12

Kainz said:
Obviously your system will consist of a CPU that can handle 64bit instructions, and obviously it will have or eventually have 4GB of ram - so why would you stifle it's performance with a 32bit OS?

The CPU I will be getting is a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600 2.90GHz Dual Core and 4GB of Memory (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit.

Meatball · 18 Jan 2009 at 18:17

100% 64Bit

. 32Bit Vista is pointless. Systems with 32Bit only CPUs shouldn't be running Vista IMO.

TheVoice · 18 Jan 2009 at 18:29

Meatball said:
100% 64Bit . 32Bit Vista is pointless. Systems with 32Bit only CPUs shouldn't be running Vista IMO.

People with Core Duo notebooks might disagree!