Vista 32 or 64 bit os?

swalmy · Unread post by **swalmy** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:14 am

My wife's computer died yesterday which means I get a new one! Should I get vista 32 bit or 64 bit? What are the advantages and disadvatages of each?

And I know I should stay with XP blah blah blah but I've installed my copy on so many computers so many times, was just thinking about switching to the new os.

Lores · Unread post by **Lores** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:02 am

DX10. BTW, Ive never had a problem with Vista. If you have multi-core then you go 64 as I understand it.

Istik · Unread post by **Istik** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:47 am

Vista requires twice the RAM of XP. As far as 64/32, you will find that 64 has poor driver support for older hardware. Of course Vista supports DX10, but thats not much good unless you have a DX10 card.

So it really comes down to how new your Wife's PC is and whether you want it to look pretty, but perform slightly worse.

Xp still has a bit of life in it yet and i think ill wait for windows 7 before changing OS.

Parrot · Unread post by **Parrot** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:30 am

Cheaper to get a new wife, a younger model..
I could not resist..

swalmy · Unread post by **swalmy** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:13 pm

After reading up on the two I went with 32 bit vista mainly for the reasons istik said. My video card will be a nivda geforce GTX 280. I'll have 4 GB of DDR2-800 ram. Liquid cooling system. I didn't get the top of the line processer to save a few hundred dollars, I went with a intel core duo E8500 CPU @3.16 GHz and 1000W power supply. I can upgrade later.

It also came with age of conan (doubt I'll be using that), halo 2 and a cool t-shirt.

I should be set for a few years 8)

Iakimo · Unread post by **Iakimo** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:03 am

swalmy wrote:I should be set for a few months. 8)

Fixed.

Jasno · Unread post by **Jasno** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:00 pm

If you do any sort or fringe computing stay awy from 64, unsigned drivers dpm't work

Vista 32 or 64 bit os?

Which OS should I use?