32bit vs 64bit for gaming?

[eiffel2985]

for windows 7 witch is better 32bit or 64bit for gaming performance?

I heard that 64bit consumes a lot of memory than 32bit. is it true?
and the 32bit application will run slower on 64bit.

my system:
motherboard : Asus P7H55-M
processor : i5-750 @ 4.0ghz
RAM : 2gbx2 kingston value ram ddr3 1333 OC @ 1600 dual channel
video card : GTX295

 

[saint19]

Hi.

1- Not true, both use the same amount of RAM, the advantage with x64 is that you can use more that 4GB without hacking the Kernel.
2- Not true, the x86 applications can run without problems on x64 systems. You won't see any performance problem or slower application.

 

[eiffel2985]

how about for gaming, does it increase the gaming performance on 64bit?
do all modern games ran on 64bit without having any performance problem?

 

[saint19]

A little, like I say you can use more that 4GB on x64, but the gaming performance depends mostly of GPU and CPU.

Yeah, modern games can run on x64 without problems.

 

[eiffel2985]

Best answer selected by eiffel2985.

 

[Zoron]

Actually, there is a bit more overhead incurred when running 32-bit programs on a 64-bit OS... but that is easily negated by the fact it can make full use of 4GB or more of RAM.