Regards
Raymond

I was wondering about this too and used google for more info and there’s a lot to find about this subject.
At the end, those articles / postings of people who compared 32-bit and 64-bit OS in real life (not in theory) and experienced with the 64-bit OS:

1. driver issues have been resolved by now,
2. it is able to address RAM above 4GB and,
3. it even feels faster, subjective

These were enough reasons for me to chose the 64 over 32 version.

One side note … you think 4GB is more than enough ?
Haha, I remember the time when Microsoft said “640 KB are more than you’ll ever need”, resulting in the pre-historic burden many generations of PCs carried forward.
We don’t need that shit again.

64-bit …. that’s it.

I saw your system on Newegg.
Quite decent system for doing anything on workstation.
I hope that it isn’t disturbingly noisy as it is a major brand made which is good on efficient thermal discharging.

to chinchin85

Server OSes are more stable than desktop counterparts but Server 2008 has no support for BDA architecture which is new defacto architecture for DVBs TV card drivers. Porting BDA from Vista to WS2K8 doesn’t worked for Technisat Skystar 2 card.

Driver Support:Most of the Vista x64 drivers work on WS2008 HPC.I dont use Printers and scanners so no comments about the driver support here.Some 32 bit apps like Nero Burning Rom have certain problems in working,but other 32 bit apps work perfectly fine.

Virtualisation softwares work perfectly.PC Games(both DX9 and DX10) also run really fine,some games even better than XP32 and Vista32.Memory Management is really a plus point of this OS.

So in my opinion dont go for Vista32 or 64,instead get WS2008(x64),convert it into a Workstation OS and feel the difference………and dont forget to get more than 4G ram.

dell vostro 1500
2 gigs 667 mhz ram
nvidia geforce 8400m gs 128mb
intel t5470 core2duo 1.6 ghz

The biggest problem is printers and scanners, since many older models are still in use at offices everywhere. Scanners can last a very long time and new drivers are rarely released. Because of this, most of the non-64bit compatible hardware doesn’t work in any version of Vista anyways. The good news is that printers and scanners are cheaply available and can just be replaced when going to Vista64.

If Vista follows similar path to XP & Win2k, it will effectively require more and more RAM as updates and service packs are released. Getting Vista 32-bit doesn’t leave much headroom for that. It takes at least 2GB of RAM to make it run well currently, and only supports a maximum of around 3.5GB. If it grows by 50% or more, like XP has (remember when XP only needed 512MB RAM to be fast?) it’ll need 4GB in another year or two.

All that said… I’d recommend anyone installing Vista on a new machine should use Vista64 and as much RAM as their machine supports. Vista64 is actually a completely different operating system than Vista 32-bit and seems to run a lot faster and smoother in my experience.

The biggest problem is printers and scanners, since many older models are still in use at offices everywhere. Scanners can last a very long time and new drivers are rarely released. Because of this, most of the non-64bit compatible hardware doesn’t work in any version of Vista anyways. The good news is that printers and scanners are cheaply available and can just be replaced when going to Vista64.

If Vista follows similar path to XP & Win2k, it will effectively require more and more RAM as updates and service packs are released. Getting Vista 32-bit doesn’t leave much headroom for that. It takes at least 2GB of RAM to make it run well currently, and only supports a maximum of around 3.5GB. If it grows by 50% or more, like XP has (remember when XP only needed 512MB RAM to be fast?)

All that said… I’d recommend anyone installing Vista on a new machine should use Vista64 and as much RAM as their machine supports. Vista64 is actually a completely different operating system than Vista 32-bit and seems to run a lot faster and smoother in my experience

If all of your hardware and peripherals have signed drivers you won’t have any mojor drawback to mention. 32-bit emulation of 64-bit MS OSes are robust and efficient. Some 32-bit software that has 16-bit deployer may pose a temporary problem during installation until any workaround possibly there available.

Ultimate edition has nearly double the price of Home Premium. Compare editions below and consider if ultimate edition’s differences that you need worths the money. If you require Bitlocker Drive Encryption is maybe only reliable difference I can report.

Ithink it is clear that third party media and virtualization softwares are far more successful and efficient than those vista has integrated inside.

If it is a new custom system you may consider having a recent CPU that has a large cache at least 6 MiB cache and 1333 Mhz bus speed that has good price/performance ratio. If it is a mobile system I recommend T9300 CPU at least.

Bye

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_editions
http://www.powerdonkey.net/signup3.php

-DS3 Gigabyte mobo
2 gig ram
E6300

Another good thing I found out is after going to the EMU website and researching my Creative E-MU 1212M in the professional equipment pages/daughter website (www.emu.com) I found that they are in fact also fully Vista x64 capable with drivers for download.

If any of you are curious about these cards this is the url for mine…

http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=505&subcategory=491&product=9872

The E-MU® 1212M PCI in a nutshell:

-Mastering grade 24-bit/192kHz converters – the same A/D converters used in Digidesign’s flagship ProTools HD 192 I/O Interface delivering an amazing 120dB signal-to-noise ratio

-Comprehensive analog and digital I/O plus MIDI – 12 inputs and 12 outputs, plus MIDI I/O
-Compatibility with most popular audio/sequencer applications – ultra-low latency 24-bit/192kHz ASIO 2.0 and Stereo WDM drivers

-Modular design allows you to customize your system add a MicroDock to your 1212M for increased analog and digital connectivity and/or connect E-MU’s Sync Daughtercard to your Digital Audio System for SMPTE, Word Clock and MTC sync

-E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle – includes Cakewalk SONAR LE, Steinberg Cubase LE and Wavelab Lite, Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU, IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE and T-RackS EQ, Minnetonka diskWelder BRONZE, SFX Machine LT, plus E-MU’s Proteus X LE Desktop Sound Module – everything you need to create, record, edit, master and burn is in the box

Check this out:

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/04/daniel_k-who-fi.html

“Creative purposely modified the Audigy drivers to disable some features when Vista is detected and also purposely introduced some bugs to prevent some XP utilities from running.”

I guess I will not buy anything from them anytime soon! LOL!

I have a couple questions I’m finding hard to get definitive answers to on the Vista Ultimate x86 to the x64 Ed migration. My question is this:

I do have a system that I believe to be fully x64 ready (I’ll add a breakdown at the end of the post). My only concern is what I have been hearing about this “digitally signed driver” issue. The reason for this is I run gobs of software that has it’s own “unsigned drivers” ie Virtual CD/DVD rom mounting software like MagicDisc/MagicISO as well as some other titles. Am I still going to have issues running these apps or has this been fixed by Microsoft / software developers since some of the earlier 2007 threads and posts?
Second, as a “part-time gamer” and “media encoder/enthusiast”, how significant of a performance increase can I expect by moving to x64?

Any insight or additional information would be greatly appreciated.

Here is a breakdown of the system I currently use (although not the fastest is does the job =P)

Asus M2N-E SLI mobo w/ X2 4200+
-Cmedia CM6501 onboard audio
2 GB Corsair Dom. 667 DDR2 (willing to upgrade)
2 160 GB WD SATA2’s in raid Array
2 BFG 8600GT OC’s in SLI
2x 500GB SATA2’s for storage (addicted to ripping movies)

here is a questionable hardware piece i run as audio IO for recording studio:
-Creative EMU 1212M PCI pro sound card

Thanks again and look forward to hearing from you all!

I have just upgraded my system and found the Asus P5KC motherboard an excellent choice for the C2Q processor – and it’s also great for overclocking.

It has native 1333MHz support.

This Mobo also supports upto 8Gb DDR-II memory, and up to 4Gb DDR-3 if you wish to upgrade later.

Vista 64 works brilliantly on my system and loads quicker than I have ever seen any OS load.

Specs:
C2Q Q6600 (4x 2.4GHz) – G0 Stepping Version
Asus SilentKnight II cooler
- this is brilliant for OC’ing and is very quiet.
Asus P5KC Mobo
Sapphire ATi Radeon 3650HD x 2 (in X-Fire mode)
4Gb DDR-II 667
Soundgraph iMon Ultrabay II
HP LightScribe DVD-RW
NEC LabelFlash DVD-RW
80Gb Seagate SATA-II hdd (boot drive)
160Gb Seagate SATA-II hdd
400Gb WD SATA-II hdd
500Gb WD SATA-II hdd

Plan is to upgrade memory to low latency stuff and get a raptor in place of the boot drive for the 10k speed. Am a little worried though about the heat these must kick out as the ones I have seen come in a heat sink to fill a 5.25″ bay!

I keep checking the usage of RAM, but I see that even at 60% usage the PC takes like 5 seconds sometimes to execute and load a program. Even, when moving from one folder to another, it freezes for few seconds saying “Not Responding”.

I’m planning to upgrade my system next year to Core 2 Extreme Quad 2.6ghz at least, with at least 4GB DDR2 1066 RAM. I might want to go for DDR3, but I’m now sure whether or not it would be really worthed. I use Photoshop CS3, Dreamweaver alot, and sometimes Edit Videos.

I also, need to know which Mobo would be the best, that supports at least 8GB RAM and FSB 1066/1333.

Well, anyone there to help me with some information?

Thanks!