32Bit Vista To 64Bit?

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I have been seriously considering switching to a 64Bit version of vista to increase my performance in the games i play but I am terrified of switching and my apps and games not working.

The games I am currently playing are:

Cod4

Cod5

Tomb Raider Underworld

NFS Undercover

NFS Pro Street

Crysis

Crysis Warhead

Race Driver GRID

Gta IV

Bully Scholarship Edition

CSS

Pure

DiRT

Fallout 3

My Rig Specs Are On My Signature.

Any Help And Advice Is Greatly Apreciated Peeps :)
 
I know first hand that Cod4,Cod5,NFS undercover,Crysis/warhead,Grid,Gta 4,CSS,Pure,Dirt,and Fallout3 all work just fine.

The only game problem I have ever had with 64bit was on Winxp 64bit with Guitar Hero III as they made it so that the installer wouldn't let you install it because the OS was not supported. This was simply taken care of by editing the MSI file I think it was to allow it to install and then it worked perfectly.

On vista 64bit this did not happen for me and everything worked just fine,I have not had any application or game on vista 64 give me a problem yet and have been running it for a few months now.

As long as your not using some old outdated piece of hardware in your machine that will require a 64bit driver then you will be fine with the switch. For 64bit drivers for vista and a lot of applications that are 64 bit you can get some from http://www.start64.com/index.php

I suggest getting all your drivers right before you format your machine and put them on a different partition or on something else. All applications that are not 64 bit will be installed in a folder called Program files\(x86) and the 64bit versions go to just normal /program files.

As you install them the installer will put them where they belong but it really doesn't matter,they should all run without problems even if they are 32 bit. I have about 30 applications installed on my machine that I use and only 4 of them are actually 64bit not including drivers.

Just make sure you are using at least 4 gigs of ram and you will be all set,games should run just as well if not better especially with being able to use all 4 gigs.
 
64bit problems are quite rare now, unless your playing old school games.

But the only advantage of going to 64bit, will be an exta 750mb of ram, so i dont really see the point
 
You'll get pretty much zero advantage from stepping up to a 64bit edition. (4GB of RAM or no 4GB of RAM).

My advice... stick with the 32bit edition and keep life simple. ;)
 
I was running 64bit Vista fine, no problems or nothing (except my mouse drivers don't work). I've now upgraded to 7 64bit (with the upgrade option) and even Knights of the Old republic works fine :)
 
Yeah you should be completely fine with all those games, any 32-nbit progrms/games tend to install in their own 32-bit program files folder anyway
 
If you're not planning to add more RAM, stick to Vista 32bit for now, you won't see much difference if you switch to x64.

IMO you should switch to Windows 7 x64 when it will be launched. For now, jumping from Vista to Vista is not worth the money.

If you want to know about compatibility issues of apps and games on x86 to x64 there are practically none anymore. If for some reason it happens that you run into any problems, compatibility mode usually works.
 
Cod4 - Works

Cod5 - Works

Crysis - Works

Crysis Warhead - Works

Race Driver GRID - Works

Bully Scholarship Edition - Works

CSS - Works

Fallout 3 - Works

I know this first hand, although I don't see why the others wouldn't they also work on Windows Server 2008 x64.

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Cod4 - Works

Cod5 - Not sure suspect it will run

Crysis - Works

Crysis Warhead - Works

Gta IV - Works

CSS - Works

DiRT - Secure rom dont work

Fallout 3 - Works
 
do you have 4 GB ram and a xp 32 bit? than you have 3GB do you have a 64bit than you have 4 GB do you have an Quad core and 32 Bit than it use 1 core do you have 64bit than you use Quad Core ;)

Greetz Devil0wner
 
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