I've been using Windows XP 32-bit Professional for ages now, and since I wanted to upgrade to 4GB RAM soon I thought I might upgrade to 64-bit to make full use of it. There are 3 versions on my mind now, XP x64, Vista x64 or 7 x64.
The only thing worries me is, I plan to use two soundcards, one is X-Fi XtremeMusic and ASUS SupremeFX II, 1st is for gaming and for Skype (yes, I'm chatting with my gf while gaming :P) From what I read around, Windows Vista only support from one manufacturer (like we can't mix ATi cards with nvidia cards), does it applies to soundcard as well? Although if I use Windows 7 x64, I can't find SupremeFX II driver, would it work with Vista x64 driver? While from what I read XP x64 is major pain in the a$$, or does it?
My primary usage is gaming and music, among others like browsing movies etc. Oh one more thing, does Windows 7 x64 really eats 20GB harddisk space when doing clean install? My first partition is only 20GB so that could be limiting too.
But the main question, is it worth it to move to 64-bit right now just to utilize more than 4GB of RAM?
The only thing worries me is, I plan to use two soundcards, one is X-Fi XtremeMusic and ASUS SupremeFX II, 1st is for gaming and for Skype (yes, I'm chatting with my gf while gaming :P) From what I read around, Windows Vista only support from one manufacturer (like we can't mix ATi cards with nvidia cards), does it applies to soundcard as well? Although if I use Windows 7 x64, I can't find SupremeFX II driver, would it work with Vista x64 driver? While from what I read XP x64 is major pain in the a$$, or does it?
My primary usage is gaming and music, among others like browsing movies etc. Oh one more thing, does Windows 7 x64 really eats 20GB harddisk space when doing clean install? My first partition is only 20GB so that could be limiting too.
But the main question, is it worth it to move to 64-bit right now just to utilize more than 4GB of RAM?
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