Anyone here still running on a 32 bit OS?

Running Vista Ultimate 32 Bit Here, smooth as silk, no problems whatsoever.

Why don't I switch?

A) My Vista scores are high enough (5.7 for the processor, 5.9 everything else)

B) Crysis (arguably the most system-intensive game out there) runs smooth at 25-30FPS

Has anyone provided a benchmark where anything performs better on a 64bit OS than a 32? Anything? Even non games?

I remember hearing a bunch of total BS about how Crysis would run better in Vista 64 over Vista 32. Has anyone proven that with any benchmarks?

You CAN still play new games on a computer that is a few years old, even without upgrading. Have you forgotten that you can lower resolution and texture details if your computer cannot handle a game on max setings? It appears to me that you will only play a computer game if you are able to max it. I play several games on my crappy laptop with a mere 7300Gs, its just that I have to put up with lowered resolution, framerate and details. Many games are still playable, though.

You don't have to max a game to be able to play it.

PandaBear86

A 7300GS is only 2 years old. Try playing a game on a 5-year old video card.

Memory is something you upgrade once or twice during the lifetime of a PC. It'll be much cheaper when you upgrade the memory later when you actually need it than getting 2 or 4 times the amount of memory with a new PC.

I will only be going to vista 64bit when ive got 8GB+ of ram and when there are more 64bit applications and drivers out there to take advantage of a 64bit OS

I'd rather not drop down to 20FPS in Crysis an new upcoming games. I see no performance increases with a 64bit operating system at the moment, only negatives. And 4GB of RAM is just an overkill. 2GB on XP Pro is all the power you need.

I'm running a E8400 @ 3.5Ghz, 8800GT 512MB @650MHz, Corsair 2GB 6400C4 Twinx, Western Digital WD500 500GB 16MB Cache, GA -P35-DS3L LGA 775 all loaded into a Antec Sonata 3 with 500w PSU. I run Crysis with Ultra High Config tweak witch looks better than DX10 on Vista and 2x AA at 25-44FPS. I'm happy.

XP Home 32-bit here.Indestructible2

me too, see no reason to switch as of now

xp 32 bit here hardware compatibility issues

xp 32 bit here hardware compatibility issues

I am running x64. Haven't had a single issue with compatiablity outside of my programming projects which just took a little bit of tweaking to get compiled on an x64 environment.juggernaut8419

what dev tools / frameworks / languages you use for your development?

My development rig is a Vista 64bit + 8GB RAM (see sig). And I run Visual Studio 2008 professional + 64bit SQL 2005 Developer Edition + IIS7 just fine.