VISTA HOME PREMIUM 64 bit vs 32 bit

[waynezo]

I'm going to order a new computer for video editing and web video. I want to get the 64 bit version. I've read some editorials that say stick with 32 bit for software and hardware compatibility. I am going for a system with Q6600 and dual video cards. I will probably keep this computer for at least 5 years like my current one.

Any feedback on problems with 64 bit will be appreciated.

My current system,
Athlon XP2400 cpu
Gigabyte GA-7vaxp Rev 1.1 mb with promise onboard raid controller Bios Award F8
Serial No. : 010471933173101421sn0240904160
Kingston value ram 1536mb DDR pc3200 400mhz
Dual 80gig maxtor hd's 7200rpm ata 133 raid 0
Seagate 500GB and 250GB external hard drives
Artec 16X DVD-ROM
Cyberdrive 40X16X48 CDRW
Verbatim 2.4X DVD+RW/R
Liteon Superallwrite lightscribe 16/48 DVD/CDRW
ATI all in wonder 8500dv AGP primary video card
Radeon 9250 256MB PCI Secondary video card
2 HANNS-G 28" High Def LCD Monitor HG281
2 Hyundai 19" LCD Imagequest Monitors L90D+
Antec 430 watt true power ps
Ahanix platinum xp steel case
Windows xp home sp1
AVG Free antivirus
Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall 4.3
Westell Versalink 327 WDK DSL Gateway
Bellsouth DSL running @ 3 Mbps

[fpantovich]

I ran Vista Ultimate 64-bit for a while and had no problems with it at all. Every program that I tried to install actually installed and driver support is MUCH better now than it used to be. I'd say give 64-bit a try. Also, if you plan on going for 4GB in RAM or more, you'll need the 64-bit OS to support it, so go for it

Forgot to mention, I'm now on Ubuntu 64-bit, as Vista is just too much of a memory hog. Back when I was running 2GB of RAM it took up about half that just at boot. When I moved up to 6GB of RAM it took up about 1.5-2GB of RAM at boot...Ubuntu 64-bit takes up about 300MB at boot