XP 64 bit for me ??

[imported_Ratman]

I am purchasing a Athlon 64 x2 4400 and mainly run World of Warcraft / EQ2 and other online games but also like to do a bit of hobbiest rendering etc. And tons of surfing

Would buying xp 64bit be a good purcharse or should i not bother would the games mentioned above work ok ??

Any other things should i be looking out for ??

Cheers

 

[ProviaFan]

Do stable XP64 drivers exist for everything you'll be using? Including, if applicable, printers, scanners, PDAs, etc? In general, XP32 will be much more hassle-free, so even if XP64 supports everything you have, I'd still recommend XP32 unless you plan to have 4GB or more of RAM.

 

[Schadenfroh]

TV tuner card drivers are almost non existent. Many other devices are in beta. You should be safe if you only have an nvidia or ATI add in cards and a nforce 4 motherboard. 16bit programs will not run (or ones with 16bit code, like mIRC). Many applications (such as Daemon tools, alcohol 120%, etc.) wont work. Many antivirus products do not work (see my sig).

check out www.planetamd64.com

I live in the hell called xp64bit.

Please see these threads:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1688499&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1691079&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1655748&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1681717&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1674043&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1660344&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1717028&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=34&threadid=1721067&enterthread=y

World of warcraft works fine (playing it right now in another window) and i also play Everquest 2 (fun game despite what many say), both of those work fine in xp64, thank god.l