Whats the difference between Vista 32 bit & 64 bit? and...

Im building a PC from scratch and I was told that this Vista wont work. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116200 will it? For a newly built pc with no OS? Cuz it sez system builders so id assume so.

here it is, and the question about it working?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103759

is not having drivers bad? i plan on getting this pc

MotherBoard -
MSI K9N Neo-F Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130050
$72.99

Processor -
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103759
$163.99

Video Card -
GIGABYTE GV-NX88S320H-B-RH GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814125054
$289.99

Ram -
A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066
$76.99

PSU -
XCLIO STABLEPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189014
$69.99

Hard Drive -
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075
$52.99

DVD-Rom / Burner -
LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106049
$28.99

Case -
COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106
$49.99

OS -
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Basic for System Builders Single Pack DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116200
$89.99

Total (With Shipping Costs)= $930.02
$10.00 mail in rebate
= $920.02

Why you are buying 64bit Vista ???

Buy 32 bit Vista

If you are not doing rendering things 32 bit is good for your.

For get to best perfomence with 64 bit you need atleast 4 GB RAM.A Quad Core also nice.

is not having drivers bad?

TakaNui

Yes, it's a pain in the arse. Some of your components may not work correctly or to their fullest until Vista specific drivers are released.

[QUOTE="TakaNui"]

is not having drivers bad?

Fignewton50

Yes, it's a pain in the arse. Some of your components may not work correctly or to their fullest until Vista specific drivers are released.

well ill be playing DX10 games. and again, will that work?TakaNui

will it be bad if i got the 64 bit instead?

will it be bad if i got the 64 bit instead?

TakaNui

Well, no, not "bad". You are just asking for a whole lot of trouble you don't need. What exactly does the 64 bit Vista get you that the 32 bit does not? You are getting 2GB of RAM, so 32 bit Vista will be fine with that.

will it be bad if i got the 64 bit instead?

TakaNui

Why do you want 64-bit? Get whatever you want.

32 bits.

LOL It had to be said!

vista sucks, luckly i got it at the MS store for$50:D

Btw i have a 2.66 core 2 duo, 2gb ram(fast ram), 8800GTX, 250gb hd... and vista crashed every time i would do ANYTHING.... playing solitare it crashed.... i was running the 32 bit because their were no 64 bit drivers for my sound card or wireless.... again, vista sucks... its about 1-2 years before its time....that isbeing ready and working on a broad varitey of computers...

vista sucks, luckly i got it at the MS store for$50:D

Btw i have a 2.66 core 2 duo, 2gb ram(fast ram), 8800GTX, 250gb hd... and vista crashed every time i would do ANYTHING.... playing solitare it crashed.... i was running the 32 bit because their were no 64 bit drivers for my sound card or wireless.... again, vista sucks... its about 1-2 years before its time....that isbeing ready and working on a broad varitey of computers...

dcno07

LOL

I'm using Vista 32 bit in a Pentium 4 & playing games without having problems.With a Radeon X200 onboard memory.

I'm running Obilivon, CnC3, Stronghold Legends, NFSMW.

No problems

Gettin

will it make my games run worse at all getting to 32 bit?TakaNui

Getting 64bit will but not 32bit

[QUOTE="dcno07"]

vista sucks, luckly i got it at the MS store for$50:D

Btw i have a 2.66 core 2 duo, 2gb ram(fast ram), 8800GTX, 250gb hd... and vista crashed every time i would do ANYTHING.... playing solitare it crashed.... i was running the 32 bit because their were no 64 bit drivers for my sound card or wireless.... again, vista sucks... its about 1-2 years before its time....that isbeing ready and working on a broad varitey of computers...

LahiruD

LOL

I'm using Vista 32 bit in a Pentium 4 & playing games without having problems.With a Radeon X200 onboard memory.

I'm running Obilivon, CnC3, Stronghold Legends, NFSMW.

No problems

thats why i said on a broad variety of computers...i know vista works on most computers... just not all....i spent well over 15 hours (not the same call) with MS customer support and they finally said that i should just wait for drivers for vista to come out cuz they could not fix the problem and that alot of people with similare setups to mine were having the same problems, granted this was about 6-8 months ago. so im sure they have had fixes.... but im still too frustrated to try to put it back on my computer... prolly wait till september... lol

Why you are buying 64bit Vista ???

Buy 32 bit Vista

If you are not doing rendering things 32 bit is good for your.

For get to best perfomence with 64 bit you need atleast 4 GB RAM.A Quad Core also nice.

LahiruD

Also, 32bit doesn't supports 4gb's..

Depending on your Vram you could be only using up to 3.25gb's of your 4gb's:x

No driver issues at all here. MadExponent

Yep, running Vista 64-bit here without any issues either. My laptop is running Vista Home Premium 32-bit on it, everything it can do/run my desktop can run better, I see NO advantage with 32-bit :D

If you are interested in maxing out your 3DMark scores to the last drop, stick with XP, but the difference with Vista isn't enough to be noticeable.