32 or 64 bit Vista?

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OldOneEye

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Ok. I'm planning on Upgrading to Vista and my CPU as well. I think I'm going intel core 2 Quad. I'm planning on getting OEM of Vista Ultimate, but I'm not sure what the CPU qualifies as, 32 or 64 bit?
 
To be honest I would actually recommend the 32-bit version simply because there are not as many programs available in 64-bit, but it really comes down to what you are planning to do with your computer. If your a gamer I'd go 32-bit because most games are still 32-bit. I'm not sure what most people use 64-bit OS for...
 
OldOneEye said:
Wow! Can someone explain to me Why they both work? And why 64 bit is better?
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n3kro said:
To be honest I would actually recommend the 32-bit version simply because there are not as many programs available in 64-bit, but it really comes down to what you are planning to do with your computer. If your a gamer I'd go 32-bit because most games are still 32-bit. I'm not sure what most people use 64-bit OS for...
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64 bit is better for many reasons, even though virtually no games or apps are 64 bit (yet), having a 64 bit OS will let you have up to 128GB of RAM, where as a 32 bit OS will only let you use around 3GB of RAM, so just on that aspect alone, you would have to upgrade to a 64 bit OS within this month if your a gamer or want to have a high end machine.

As i've said in many of my other posts, you can run 32 bit apps on a 64 bit OS just fine. And every app that i've used on Vista, has run on both Vista x86 and x64, so you shouldnt worry about that.
 
I also am planning on getting 32-bit (x86) and was wondering if I would be able to upgrade to 64-bit later on with my 5600+ X2 AMD Athalon.
 
I would recommend 32 bit, unless you know the software and applications you will be running will operate on a 64bit OS, or you just don't care and will find new ones.
 
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ETSA said:
I would recommend 32 bit, unless you know the software and applications you will be running will operate on a 64bit OS, or you just don;t care and will find new ones.
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See, for now that seems like a good idea. But were going to eventually move to 64 bit apps, probably sooner then later. And i'm sure games and apps will start to require more then 3GB of RAM, so in either case you would have to buy another OS that is 64 bit in order to do either of those two things.

I would sacrifice the rare occasion of a 32 bit app not working, then having to spend another $200 on an OS in a year.
 
I highly doubt in a year more than 3 gigs of memory will be needed for games, besides, faster memory is just around the corner. DDR3. Regardless, most people don't take that into consideration when buying an OS.
 
ETSA said:
I highly doubt in a year more than 3 gigs of memory will be needed for games, besides, faster memory is just around the corner. DDR3. Regardless, most people don't take that into consideration when buying an OS.
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Faster RAM wont compensate for having less of it. Today 2GB of RAM is pretty standard for computers, and alot of high end users and gamers are using 4GB. I still say that within a year 4GB will be the norm and 6-8GB will be what high-end users have.
 
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