Upgrading to Vista: 64-bit

[michael123]

Hi. Just a quick question here: imagining that we live in a perfect world and 64Bit is compatible with my system, will it run faster than 32Bit? I have heard that on mid-endish systems it is slower unless you have about 4GB of RAM. So, on my AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ and 2GB of DDR2 667 RAM will 64bit or 32bit be best on performance? Thanks, Michael.

[AnnMarie]

I have no idea but see if this (http://64-bit-computers.com/windows-vista-32-bit-vs-64-bit-benchmark.html) helps Michael.

[michael123]

Thanks, was very useful, I now know that 64bit is faster and will probably get that. Thanks.

[AnnMarie]

You are welcome. You might want to check to make sure that 64bit drivers are available for your devices first though. :)

[michael123]

I will, thanks.

[beachbumfromoz]

The big advantage of 64bit is it allows a system to add a lot more RAM......32bit is restricted to approx 3Gb.

Col