Games on Win7 and/or 64-bit

[lithium123]

I'm building a new system, and I'm trying to decide between familiar XP and Windows 7. Because I'm on XP right now, I know my games run on it. As far as Windows 7 goes, I have no idea how well my games will work. I've listed the main games I play/intend to play below. I'm also trying to decide between 32 and 64-bit. I've heard people have issues on 64-bit, but I'm not entirely sure if the problems were coming from somewhere else.

My original plan was to grab Windows 7 Home Premium off of the Microsoft Store, since here: Home Premium it looks like it comes with 32 and 64. If 64 doesn't work out well for games, I imagine that I could do a clean wipe.

I'm quite tired, but hopefully it makes sense. To sum things up:
Am I going to be able to play the games below on Windows 7? If not, should I stick with XP?
Are there still problems with 64-bit OS and games?
Is grabbing Win7 Home Premium here a good idea, since it comes with 32 and 64-bit?

Thanks.

Games:
CoD4: Modern Warfare
WoW
Aion
Cod4: Modern Warfare 2
Cod: WaW
Guild Wars

System:

Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B

Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

Logitech Deluxe 250 Black USB Wired Standard Keyboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I5750

ASUS P7P55D EVO LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard

EDIT: (Lol, forgot cooler: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler - Retail ).

 

[jmc8888]

Yeah exactly. But it's not just U.S., it's the world. Trust me on this. This isn't an American problem, it's an Earth problem, caused by all the countries in the current economic system, which is all of us. It's just since we're (U.S.) at the top, it's appears as if we come crashing down further, faster, farther and have more complicity. But we're all in this boat, and it wasn't the U.S. that took us here, but we're all here. So if we go down, everyone goes down and vice versa. We're major importers, but the asian countries are major exporters. If no one can buy their goods, they'll suffer too among all other things. Ok I'm done lol.

But yeah back on topic, Windows 7 should be arriving any second, although I need to wait until I buy the rest of my computer parts. At least I get to look at it lol.

 

[Kewlx25]

I saw a Wall of text of FUD. It's a global economy and the yen isn't going to keep gaining value like some linear equation. The USA is by far the largest consumer of Japanese goods and the less USA buys from them, they less their money will be worth. Not to say they still can't gain economic value from other countries.

Remember, when the housing market collapsed, it lost less money than what we spend on military in one year, and this collapse not only hurt us, but cause the ENTIRE world to feel it for several years. Saying the yen will magically be worth 10x's the dollar is foolish, not to mention the market is already rebounding.

 

[palladin9479]

WTF does the value of the Yen have to do with the cost of PC parts? Their not built in Japan guys, their built in China, Taiwon, Mexico, and South Korea. And last I checked those countries exchange rates went lower then the US rate. SK Won (produces of Hyunix, Hyundai, Samsung and LG components) went from 980 to the dollar to 1400 to the dollar when the economy went nuclear. Now its at 1170 ~ 1200 won to the dollar and is holding. China had it even worse off, but because their currency is internally fixed and is not available for foreign exchange (its how China controls its economy) nobody get to see it.

PC Components will not double or triple in price, they'll stay on the same ratio of supply / demand they've been at for years.

And the ultimate proof is that in Japan, PC components are MORE expensive then in the US. The myth that Japan is some kind of super tech country is extremely false. Their the worlds leaders in Robotics for sure, but PC Tech is a different story. Intel / AMD / SUN / IBM / Microsoft / Oracle / Cisco / NVidia and Juniper are all US based countries, with ATI being formally from Canada. Most of your PC component manufacturers are from Taiwon, the economics just work out better that way.

Every year someone somewhere wearing a tin foil hat (to prevent the governments mind control waves) predicts the doom / destruction of all humanity and the fall of all the world back to cave man erra times. I've grown to just ignore them.

 

[soo-nah-mee]

Every year someone somewhere wearing a tin foil hat (to prevent the governments mind control waves) predicts the doom / destruction of all humanity and the fall of all the world back to cave man erra times. I've grown to just ignore them.

Great analogy! Thanks for countering the pessimism.