Any one aware of this

Depends on what your looking for mostly

32bit is more stable and all software is supported by 32bit.

64bit can hold more code normally graphic related etc... less stable OS and not all software supports 64bit.

Now with that said 64bit is the future and more and more software is coming out in both 32 and 64bit I honestly run on a 64bit which with windows 7 I dont have any issues this OS supports 32bit and 64bit software.

Also remember that to run a 64bit you have to have the correct hardware as well for example an athlon 64bit CPU and so on.

64bit is the future and is growing by the day there is more perks to using 64bit but if you are just a normal daily user I'd stick with 32bit and save yourself some of the hassle til more drivers and software come out for 64bit, the choice is yours.

It may also be worth noting that a 32bit OS such as Win7 only supports upto 4GB RAM and depending on which Win7 64bit version, you can reach 32GB RAM.


Just a thought :o)

Well that too but unless your some extreme gamer or design\media guy you wont need more then 4gig for anything really, I still only run on 4gig and I run all newer games at highest settings with no issues at 4gig but this also depends on the type of ram you have older slower ram more = better (of cource upgrading to faster would be better but not all of us have a money tree in the backyard) : (

64 if fast like a Ferrari

It is nice thats for sure, lucky for me I havnt run into anything such as drivers stopping me from doing something yet but I mainly do website design and gaming so you never know...

Well ok one thing was my audio card drivers werent supported by 64bit OS but returned that and bam works like a dream.

64 bit is good for gaming, especially if you want to support a quality graphics card

64 bit takes more advantage of the 64 bit wide architecture of the computer. Most 64 bit OSs will be coded compatible with 32 bit. 64 bit is stable enough to run in place of a 32 bit but for industry I would stick to 32 bit for another few years because I would be planning to ensure up-time for a business. For at home 64 bit is usually alright but I would make sure it is backwards compatible with the 32 bit software and hardware architecture. If you could give us a system build(what type, whats in it) of your computer then we could provide you with a more accurate suggestion.

Essentially in terms of average end user, this is the main difference

Why in God's name would you need 32GB of RAM?

32bit-Casual user.
64bit-Business.

32bit Windows is sufficient enough to do pretty much anything, when you start getting into programming or something like that you want 64bit pretty much for the memory overhead...even then though, there is absolutely no reason to stuff 32GB of RAM into your PC.

Unless you want to use a RAMDrive. Which is handy for speeding up things like video conversion :)

After 8GB of RAM it becomes redundant, just about every program isn't going to touch more than 8GB's...regardless. Most programs don't use more than 4, always makes me giggle when people stuff their machine with more than 8GB's of RAM. Useless really.

The biggest difference is you can only have up to 4gb of ram with a 32bit os. 64bit, the sky is the limit. Also, a few applications will benefit from the 64bit architecture if they are written with that in mind. The Adobe CS5 suite ONLY works on 64bit.

Right now, the only reason I can think of where you'd benefit from having loads of ram and 64bit is if you're doing HD video editing with a 64bit application.

Actually no, it's not. As I said, not if you're using it for a RAMDrive (http://www.superspeed.com/desktop/ramdisk.php).

To quote "The most important difference between a RAM disk and a hard disk is access speed. The time taken for a hard disk to move its magnetic heads over the spinning disks (much like the arm moving over old vinyl record player) is typically measured in milliseconds (thousandths of a second). Whereas a RAM disk does not have mechanical parts and its access speed is typically measured in nanoseconds (billionths of a second). Access to a RAM disk may be 50 times faster or more than to a hard drive."

You're not understanding, the speed is redundant because you can get decent enough speed with 8GB of RAM. Anyone that needs anymore speed than that is just wasting money.

No, you're not understanding, I'm not talking about using it as RAM. I'm talking about using it to emulate a hard disk. THe decreased time in I/O speeds up conversions of video dramatically.

For all things computer related like this, the way to choose, is to start from WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO. Find out what the best software is to DO what you want, and get the operating system and computer hardware to support that.

Cool, still a waste of time and money.

no its not, it saves time and as I do a lot of video conversion the title extra cash is worth it.

other programs that benefit from 64bit architecture are chess programs, the logic tree builds way faster for chess AI