Direct X 10 and 64 bit

[Elta]

Is it true that games with Direct X 10 look " alot better" on a 64 bit version of Vista over a 32 bit version?

I am building a pc and I am trying I really don't want to pay for a 64 bit version but, I don't wanna miss out either.

 

[MarineCorps]

Highly doubted. Unless the game is written in 64 bit it wouldn't be able to take advatage of any niceties 64 bit would have.

 

[Elta]

Thanks - I think I am just gonna get 32 bit and save a couple bills

 

[MarineCorps]

Thanks - I think I am just gonna get 32 bit and save a couple bills

I would still go with 64 bit. It's not all that big right now but in the future it's going to overtake 32 bit for gaming at the least.

 

[Zelig]

Main difference with 64-bit over 32-bit is support for more memory, everything else is superfluous to the end user.

 

[Fetus4188]

Ignore this.

 

[damunzy]

I would still go with 64 bit. It's not all that big right now but in the future it's going to overtake 32 bit for gaming at the least.

I've heard horror stories of hardware driver support for 64-bit. Make sure your hardware has 64-bit drivers for it before going for it. I too wanted to load Vista 64-bit but decided to not deal with it even though I had all new computer parts...

 

[Zelig]

I've heard horror stories of hardware driver support for 64-bit. Make sure your hardware has 64-bit drivers for it before going for it. I too wanted to load Vista 64-bit but decided to not deal with it even though I had all new computer parts...

It's far improved now compared to a year ago when Vista launched. Nearly everything from the past couple years works fine in Vista 64-bit, as companies aren't able to use the MS "Certified for Vista" certification for hardware that doesn't support both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the OS.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Those horror stories were most likely from XP 64-bit edition, which did have pretty bad support..