Ongoing Using Vista 32 will I get advantage to Upgrade to Vista 64? (1 Viewer)

[clone_tk422]

Hey all,

Got a nice setup hardware wise, dual core AMD been running my HTPC for a while but only on vista 32 as when I first got it, vista was still new and it was hard enought getting vista 64 drivers, let alone 64 bit ones. And of the 64 bit ones a lot were flakey.

So I been running vista 32 for a while now with no major probs but looking at drivers etc and all my hardware now pretty much supports 64 vista so I was contemplating to upgrade to 64 now. But thinking, is it really worth the hassle? I will have to reinstall everything again and setup and start from scratch.

So yeah Media Portal is only a 32 bit app so now advantages there if I run it under vista 64, but will there be any advantages in vista 64 having 64 bit drivers running the hardware as well as having the actual OS itself running the 64 bit instruction set? Ir should I just stick to vista 32?

Would appreciate any comments?

Thanks!

 

[Spragleknas]

- WRONG -

 

[clone_tk422]

- WRONG -

Sorry,

What am I wrong about??

the only statements I made was that mediaportal is a 32 bit app.

The rest of the post was asking a question or advice on running vista 32 vs 64 and any advantages 64 might have over 32?

 

[Spragleknas]

Sorry.... my answer was wrong

 

[Rickler]

The only benefit is the ability to use 4GB of ram or more. There are performance advantages but are not really worth reinstalling the OS (you can not upgrade).