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32-bit vs. 64-bit: Performance difference?
I've dug around the internet forever trying to hunt down some hard numbers about the performance differences between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7, to no avail.
I've never used a 64-bit OS for any of my personal machines, I work in IT and w/o a doubt 64-bit machines run into WAAAAAAY more issues than their 32-bit counterparts. I'm up to 4GBs on the machine I'm building, and not really needing any more at the moment. I am a hardcore gamer, and my must-have programs are Adobe Dreamweaver and Fireworks. I occasionally use Premiere but only for rare hobby stuff.
So I'm debating which version to put on this new machine (specs on profile), and really wish I could see some hard numbers on the difference. If 64-bit isn't going to give me a pretty significant boost w/o a memory upgrade, then I don't feel it's worth the trouble...but I can't find any benchmarks anywhere...