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ragingWS6
04-09-08, 10:19 PM
I have decided to bring the RAM in my gaming rig up to 4GB of RAM. Since Vista x86 will only detect 2.75GB of that 4GB, I am going to load Vista x64. How are the drivers for 64-bit? I know their releases (beta that is) are a bit less frequent, but other than that, thoughts?

Thanks!
breathemetal
04-09-08, 10:38 PM
imo they are good :)
malachi1313
04-09-08, 11:00 PM
work fine here..
ikjadoon
04-09-08, 11:47 PM
Great. No issues. Ever.

~Ibrahim~
ragingWS6
04-10-08, 01:09 AM
Glad to hear it. I'll be rebuilding the machine this weekend. :)
brady
04-10-08, 03:09 AM
I just went exclusively to Vista x64 a few days ago. The 174.74's seem to be the best all around so far. I was using the 169.25's just to feel official but I ran into some problems with Assassins Creed. The 169.25's are pretty old as drivers go and I'm pretty dumb for keeping them for so long.
LordJuanlo
04-10-08, 04:33 AM
I couldn't be happier with 64bit and 174.74 drivers
Nick7
04-10-08, 07:59 AM
x64 works great here :)
nekrosoft13
04-10-08, 08:31 AM
running 174.82 right now. awesome drivers so far.

vista 64bit has been good to me ;)
crainger
04-10-08, 08:58 AM
running 174.82 right now. awesome drivers so far.

vista 64bit has been good to me ;)

Update your sig then. I need to know which drivers to get!!!
lumpyhed
04-10-08, 01:48 PM
get all ya 64bit drivers/utilities together first incase you find out something is lacking post format :p
jcrox
04-10-08, 02:09 PM
get all ya 64bit drivers/utilities together first incase you find out something is lacking post format :p

That was a necessity with XP x64 when it was new, not so much with Vista x64. You'd really need to have some pretty old stuff to have to worry about it.
wollyka
04-10-08, 02:27 PM
x64 Recommended :)
ragingWS6
04-10-08, 02:32 PM
get all ya 64bit drivers/utilities together first incase you find out something is lacking post format :p
Already been taken care of. :)
arise
04-10-08, 03:10 PM
all good here too with 174.74, except the refresh rate force of course :)
ragingWS6
04-11-08, 01:01 AM
64-bit loaded. No complaints as of yet. Only played Crysis so far. 1680x1050 2xAA and averaging around 35-40FPS.:D
Monster909
04-11-08, 02:31 AM
174.82 Driver is great for me.
Ruined
04-13-08, 11:57 AM
For me, 169.25 & 174.74 caused extreme audio/video stutter in every app. I think its a conflict with Intel raid, 4gb RAM, x64, and Nvidia - as 163.xx gives no problem. Going to try another 174.xx to see how it goes.
ikjadoon
04-13-08, 01:06 PM
For me, 169.25 & 174.74 caused extreme audio/video stutter in every app. I think its a conflict with Intel raid, 4gb RAM, x64, and Nvidia - as 163.xx gives no problem. Going to try another 174.xx to see how it goes.

Try running the video viewer process with an affinity for only a single CPU.

~Ibrahim~
Ruined
04-13-08, 04:48 PM
Well, I didn't see your comment before trying 174.85 and they seem to work fine... So 174.85 beta works great here, no stutter like I had on 174.74.
MrTexTure
04-14-08, 08:20 AM
Love Vista 64 have used it amost a year and never hade any problem and with 4GB my system flies :D
ragingWS6
04-14-08, 09:45 AM
Love Vista 64 have used it amost a year and never hade any problem and with 4GB my system flies :D
I have been noticing the huge differences with 4GB of RAM. It is definitely the sweet spot on Vista. It would take about 45 seconds to load a level in Crysis before with 2GB of RAM. With 4GB, it takes about 10.:D
nekrosoft13
04-14-08, 09:48 AM
the what?

500GB WD SATA Raptor
ragingWS6
04-14-08, 10:25 AM
the what?
OOPS! I meant to put Caviar.
lumpyhed
04-14-08, 10:27 AM
That was a necessity with XP x64 when it was new, not so much with Vista x64. You'd really need to have some pretty old stuff to have to worry about it.

My wireless adapter i bought post vista has 32bit drivers, but they have yet to release 64bit ones :headexplode:

Also Daemon Tools can not run a virtual IDE drive under 64bit (yet)