Vista 64-Bit....really worth it?

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: Mem
Latest benchmarks put Vista equal with XP,check firingSquad for more info on benchmarks.

It's closer than the last benchmarks I saw, but it's still not equal.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: Mem
Latest benchmarks put Vista equal with XP,check firingSquad for more info on benchmarks.

It's closer than the last benchmarks I saw, but it's still not equal.

Very close or equal in quite a few,biggest gap appears to be in SLI mode,anyway its not big enough to worry about.Also remember there has been a few new Vista drivers released since then.

Also note that's only one of the reasons I listed,I don't want to turn this into another XP with Vista thread since we have 10000000 of those already.

Anyway conclusion says it all.

If you were debating between the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista, fortunately it looks like performance is similar with either version. Both AMD and NVIDIA?s drivers for both versions of Vista perform practically identical to one another. And if you were concerned about game compatibility with 64-bit Vista, one of the guidelines Microsoft has required for Games For Windows certification is that games must be compatible with Windows Vista x64. This means if the game has a Games For Windows logo on the box, it?s been tested to run with 64-bit Windows Vista. Upcoming games like Alan Wake, Crysis, Fallout 3, Gears of War PC, and Hellgate: London are all Games For Windows compliant.

Considering all this, we?d recommend our readers opt for the 64-bit version of Vista if you?ve got a 64-bit CPU. It runs just as fast in games with the added advantage that it?s more secure and can address considerably more memory (4GB max in 32-bit Vista versus 128GB in 64-bit Vista Ultimate).

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Link.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Fistandantilis
OK so I am a bit confused, I only have 2g of RAM the rest of my rig is in my sig. I just got Vista 64 but I havent installed it yet thinking that 2g of RAM would be a crippling factor, I am a gamer so should I install the 64 bit flavor of vista or not?

Thanks

I'd install Vista64, and get 2gb more ram. They're almost giving ram away now :laugh:

 

[j0j081]

I don't know how you could have a problem with the 64 bit version of XP. it's pretty much identical to the 32 bit version as far as setting up now all the drivers are good unless u are running something old.