It is time to jump to x64?

Well...First I would look at if you like Win7 before you buy it, but if you software/hardware supports it there isn't a reason not to, because there are benefits like being able to use 8Gigs of ram, or a *full* 4GB.

I was using win xp sp2 32bit. I have 4G RAM and 2 512M vid cards. So i was losing about 1.5G of RAM due to 32bit.

Now i am running Win 7 64 bit. I have all 4G of RAM and 1G of vid. Plus Win 7 is helping by sharing 1.7G of RAM with video if i need it. I have RAM 2 slots left. I can get the exact patriot 2.0v pc6400 for ~$30. I may do it.

I am seeing a 10-20FPS pick up in COD5, Farcry2, Left4dead.

Win 7 64 has so many more tools and is much easier to use. It boots quicker, runs smoother. IMHO.

I am sold on 64bit. When win 7 comes out, i WILL be buying Window 7 Ultimate. I won't get vista 64.

Edit: I did read friday night will finding a Win7 download site, that Vista 64 drivers will work with 7. So you immediately have a base of usable drivers for win 7 64.

I have had 2 very small issues after 2 days of gaming and stressing it out.

1. the Gigabyte-realtek LAN drivers would not install. But that is ok. Win 7 used its own drivers and i have had no problems with packetloss or connections. This is the only driver that would not install.

2. 2 times i had a slight stutter in COD5. Really not a problem. This might, just might, be related to the forementioned LAN driver.

All i am doing is gaming, web surfing, home picture editing and management. I have not done any video editing, rendering or FEA(Finite Element Analysis). Those might be a bit more demanding.

I agree its a beta. It doesnt have all the bloated crap Microsoft will add to it for retail

I am sure retail will not be this quick. It may be more stable, but the junk they add will slow it down.

I have win xp 32 now on my main machine. I doesnt make since for someone like me to go with vista. I will skip vist and go directly with win7. I may wait until sp1, but i will go straight to win 7 64.

im also running 7 x64 and i'm liking it so far. and yeah, i think it is time that x64 becomes the standard. all modern hardware supports it and most hardware vendors are making x64 drivers. so really now it's just up to MS and the OEM's to make it the standard. I know dell is already doing that with some of their pc's. they've been selling some inspiron desktops with 6GB of ram. and they were smart enough to put vista 64 on it.

Really? Mine had no problem with the site that was linked, but I'm on Win7 right now, as well as FF 3.1 beta (with Adblock and Noscript), so that doesn't mean that nothing was there.