Diffrence of 32bit vista vs 64bit vista

If this is going to be my gaming windows what should i get? i know everyone might say XP but i still got hope for vista lol. Thanks

 

Obviously Vista x86 is better, its closer to XP. Going 64bit can cause issues with some games, especially older games. Alot of my old games and emulators wont work in vista x64 but work fine in x86.

x64 will be better in the future, but I dont think anytime in the near future.

If you want to cover your bases tho just install both on a dual boot, I have all 3 infact on my notebook. XP, Vista x86, Vista x64. I used x64 exclusivly for a long time untill I did run into a few things that didnt run, so I would boot into xp to use them. while doing my review of my notebook I used x86 vista for the first time for benchmarking reasons and found alot of the programs I thought "vista" didnt run, infact ran fine in vista 32bit it was just x64 that caused the issues.

 

Wots this doing in Linux?.....

 

Move this thread over to Windows forum then.
Anyway, This is System64's sweet and simple 32bit VS 64bit.
32bit - Bliss.
64bit - Depending. You may end up going back to 32bit.

 

Since you are posting this in the Linux forum instead of the Windows section I can only guess that you use a Linux distro for everything but gaming and plan to use Vista for your gaming machine. Based upon this assumption I take it that you are willing to experiment and I would recommend trying the 64 bit architecture first. On a new laptop you are most likely going to have a 64 bit processor and many of your hardware drivers will be better supported on the 64 bit architecture. It is definitely the direction things will be going as ViciousXUSMC said. That doesn't mean it won't work for you now however.

Personally I am using 64 bit Vista and have had no problems with it at all. My home network with XP machines and older printers works fine. I had to upgrade my routers firmware but had no problem connecting wirelessly after a simple 2 minute install and about 1 minute to find the firmware on their site. I was able to get all of my software working. If it didn't work properly on the original install I made sure to install it in an x86 directory and if needed ran in compatibility mode. Most software can be made to work with Vista if installed properly. Many vendors have released patches to fix the issues their products had with Vista as well. You may just have to take a look around their websites for them. If there is something you cannot get working you can always go back to 32 bit for a while, but ultimately you will want to be on the 64 bit long term.

I do not know who else is making this offer, but when I purchased my laptop a few weeks ago one of the options with purchase was for Vista and it included both the 64 bit and 32 bit versions.