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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 3893845" data-attributes="member: 360">On one hand, I'm running Vista x64 without any problems. On the other hand, I prefer to game on consoles, even if I keep up with video card reviews. It sounds like there are enough problems that it's not a no-brainer yet, but I'd go x64 on anything you're planning on keeping for 3 years or more at this point. I'm pretty sure that Real Soon Now 32-bit Windows is going to get shuffled off to the 'hard to get unless you're a huge corporation or in the 3rd world' space.If you've got a video card that will work on your new motherboard right now, I'd hold off on the video card until 8800GT / Radeon 38xx supplies are better. Compared to the new cards, the older $150-$250 are just terrible values.And look around for some benchmarks in your favorite games; it seems like there aren't many games where 256MB-512MB (Radeon 3850 vs. 3870) or 320 MB vs 640 MB (with the older GeForce 8800GTS 320MB vs. 640MB) makes a big difference, especially if you're not running at very high resolutions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 3893845, member: 360"] On one hand, I'm running Vista x64 without any problems. On the other hand, I prefer to game on consoles, even if I keep up with video card reviews. It sounds like there are enough problems that it's not a no-brainer yet, but I'd go x64 on anything you're planning on keeping for 3 years or more at this point. I'm pretty sure that Real Soon Now 32-bit Windows is going to get shuffled off to the 'hard to get unless you're a huge corporation or in the 3rd world' space. If you've got a video card that will work on your new motherboard right now, I'd hold off on the video card until 8800GT / Radeon 38xx supplies are better. Compared to the new cards, the older $150-$250 are just terrible values. And look around for some benchmarks in your favorite games; it seems like there aren't many games where 256MB-512MB (Radeon 3850 vs. 3870) or 320 MB vs 640 MB (with the older GeForce 8800GTS 320MB vs. 640MB) makes a big difference, especially if you're not running at very high resolutions. [/QUOTE]

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