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Originally Posted by roly
running your 32 bit OS means you are only able to use a maximum of 3gb of your ram, whereas you can use as much as you like with 64bit (upto 192gb i think). that's the major difference
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Its 3GB (and change 3.5 technically I believe) for 32 bit. And technically it is more then 192 for 64 bit, but the 192 is the limits of Windows.
This the the main difference. So yes. It is better in a sense to have 64 bit. 4GB of RAM is not really that much in this day and age.
Your same hardware might run a little bit better on 64bit. But it gives you the opportunity for more ram for better performance.