32bit or 64bit?

**dj_stick** · Feb 9, 2008, 06:49 PM

that is my dilemna

as i mentioned elsewhere on the site, in a couple of weeks i'll be getting a brand new mac pro - which via bootcamp, supports both 32 and 64bit versions of vista, which i'm assuming means there are both 32/64 bit drivers for all devices built in to the mac

i'm just wondering whether it's worth installing the 64bit version of Vista over the 32bit version

Zelig · Feb 9, 2008, 06:56 PM

Yes, functionally there isn't a whole lot of difference to the end-user any more, but you need the 64-bit version for support for the full 4gb of ram.

With the 32-bit version, you'll likely have somewhere between 2.5-3.5gb of ram available.

Judas · Feb 9, 2008, 07:25 PM

don't bother with 32bit.... go 64bit

swimtech · Feb 9, 2008, 11:45 PM

Looks like Boot Camp 2.0 only supports 32bit versions of Windows (XP or Vista) unless they have updated recently - disappointing...

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**dj_stick** · Feb 11, 2008, 01:55 AM

the restore discs that come with the new mac pros allow for 64 bit vista, which is what prompted me to think about it - but i might hold off, as some of my external devices won't work, neither will MacDrive

Tipstaff · Feb 11, 2008, 03:42 AM

From what I remember TransMac has x64 support.

Come to think of it, this has been something of an issue for a long time now.. for almost 2 years as a matter of fact. 2 years later, and still no x64 support.

**dj_stick** · Feb 17, 2008, 12:22 AM

i checked out transmac, seems to be nowhere near as transparent as macdrive… plus i already have afree copy of macdrive, so i think i'll stick with vista 32 for a while

**ChaosMinionX** · Feb 18, 2008, 02:20 PM

64bit Vista Ultimate is the only way to do Vista

Erroneus · Feb 19, 2008, 04:01 AM

So how does Vista 64bit perform these days, comparing to 32 bit, eg. in games.

**ChaosMinionX** · Feb 19, 2008, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erroneus

So how does Vista 64bit perform these days, comparing to 32 bit, eg. in games.

Well games that use 64bit... IE Crisis run a whole lot better in comparison

Devla · Mar 2, 2008, 09:39 AM

I agree with the x64 fans. People claim there are issues with driver support, but I have not seen any issues with drivers. All my games run fine, some even better than with XP or Vista x32.

***Zardon*** · Mar 2, 2008, 10:52 AM

64 bit all the way. quite a few games released recently run better.

pepiman · Mar 2, 2008, 05:58 PM

don't have any real driver issues with x64 ... only thing that I could think of is my Logitech Webcam which I had to end up selling because Logitech "does not feel it is necessary to update its drivers for Vista x64 support" on "such an old webcam"

Webcam came out 3 months after vista did

Al_Vampyre · Mar 3, 2008, 03:04 PM

64bit all the way...never looked back

**dj_stick** · Mar 3, 2008, 04:11 PM

the 64bit DVD arrived for Vista Home Premium yesterday, will probably run both it and Vista 32 for a while (at least until macdrive has a 64bit version, all but my vista disks are in the Mac HFS+ format)
Another thing, I'm not too hopeful that there are going to be 64bit drivers for my audio interface any time soon (damn digidesign)