ok so im going to buy my new uber pc and i'm still deciding between getting a 32 bit one or a 64 bit one

pros/cons of 64-bit

a long time ago i heard they sucked uber dick but goat told me they are like okay or something, and i figure maybe they suck a lot less dick (maybe twice a week?) now so tell me advantages/disadvantage to 64 compared to 32!!!

thanks

They are horrible with drivers and 32 bit program compatibility atm. They're not much faster than 32 bit and no gamers today need more than 4gb of RAM.

so what you'resaying is is if i buy it i'm possibly going to have a lot of games that don't work??

well thats G*Y.

so basically it's mostly just stuff like drivers, which I won't really care about much anyways.

gr8

so basically it's mostly just stuff like drivers, which I won't really care about much anyways.

You'll care about them when half of your hardware no longer works and you find out that the companies that manufactured it don't make 64 bit drivers.

You'll care about them when half of your hardware no longer works and you find out that the companies that manufactured it don't make 64 bit drivers.

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how likely is this considering I'm getting a completely new PC. if any of my hardware fails i'd just get the same hardware w/ obv would have 64 bit drivers.

tbh I've never had to replace a part on any of my machines (all 4 of them), in well...ever. Hell, my old Windows 98 still works perfectly and that rig is like, 9 years old. This one is like, 5 years old and just peachy, so idk.

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how likely is this considering I'm getting a completely new PC. if any of my hardware fails i'd just get the same hardware w/ obv would have 64 bit drivers.

tbh I've never had to replace a part on any of my machines (all 4 of them), in well...ever. Hell, my old Windows 98 still works perfectly and that rig is like, 9 years old. This one is like, 5 years old and just peachy, so idk.

He doesn't mean the hardware will fry, just that its drivers won't work on a 64 bit OS and thus the hardware won't be responsive or function within the OS.

Exactly. My roommate bought a 64-bit version of Vista and discovered that his expensive MIMO wireless card had no 64 bit drivers available at all and that the company was never going to make any, so his hardware basically became worthless.

oic

ok well I don't think that'll be a con at all because I don't ever really buy hardware ever (pretty much just external hard drives, which I don't think would really depend on the OS much??) so I think that's pretty okay.

I guess a minor concern: do 64 bits use more power than 32? I'm hoping/figuring it won't be by much so the electricity bill etc won't change hardly at all but you never know!!

I guess a minor concern: do 64 bits use more power than 32?

You'll never notice the difference.

Well, about the drivers, a number of companies make drivers for 64-bit but they don't work correctly. ATI and nVidia as well as Creative, three of the major hardware manufacturers have had a number of customer complaints about their 64-bit drivers. So I suppose if you want a dinky sound card and graphic glitches, 64 bit is the way to go!!

On an unrelated note, here's to hoping that Windows 7 will finally ditch 32-bit entirely.

I'd personally go for 64-bit if you're sure your hardware has the necessary drivers. idk if there's a windows vista trial version available or something but try out Vista 64-bit and see if everything runs a-okay. 64-bit is more secure (security through obscurity) and will run programs written specifically for 64-bit much faster than 32-bit.

much faster

Much faster? I'm sorry but that's misleading. 64 bit apps aren't that much faster than their 32 bit counterparts in most cases. In fact, in quite a few tests, they're a bit SLOWER.

On an unrelated note, here's to hoping that Windows 7 will finally ditch 32-bit entirely.

I'd personally go for 64-bit if you're sure your hardware has the necessary drivers. idk if there's a windows vista trial version available or something but try out Vista 64-bit and see if everything runs a-okay. 64-bit is more secure (security through obscurity) and will run programs written specifically for 64-bit much faster than 32-bit.

i am buying this from a store so i am pretty 250% sure it has the neccessary drivers.