32bit or 64bit speed and dependability

[Drew]

A question for those in the know..Would Vista Business 64bit with certified
drivers possibly run quicker than a 32bit version not running those drivers
??...I am currently running Vista Business 32bit and not having any problems
at all but according to my cpu/ram meter I average 35 to 40% ram usage at
all times and this is with 4gigs of DDR2 800

Intel Bad Axe D975XBX2 motherboard
Intel core2 duo 2.66 gig
4gigs of Kingston HyperX DDR2 800
PNY 7900GS 256mg Video card
Twin 160gig Sata drives in a raid0 format
2 DVD burners and 1 rom
Dell 24" flat panel
Logitech Z 5300 E 5.1 system
Logitech MX1000 laser mouse
Saitek's Eclipse keyboard
I have both the 32bit and 64bit versions of Vista Business

As I said I have been running this since Jan 31st with no problems except I
wish it was a little quicker...All my games seem to do very well on this
system,,,smooth and no glitches

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Drew,

It would only do better if you had applications that were specifically
written to take advantage of an x64 processor, otherwise they run in 32-bit
mode. Your ram usage is quite normal, as Windows tries to make use of it
when you and the applications you are running do not.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Pete Russell]

What derw said.

 

[Drew]

Thanks Rick as always you had the answer I thought was right but wanted to
check....At least I have both versions if I ever need to upgrade the op
system to 64bit...Thanks again for your response