oh jesus,
i was just making conversation with no offense, but you don't have to be talking about religion to realise someone is just going to make *assumptions*; which isn't being open minded.
where did i mention what graphics card or monitor i have? for all you know i could have anything from crap to high end.
what makes you think i wouldn't be skeptical if someone said that the same game in x64 version has better graphics than its 32bit counterpart; and what makes you think i was hallucinating, blinded by my own opinion?.
likewise if you _don't_want_to_see you _will_not_see.
you are not arguing that 64 is (to any degree) better, you are arguing that *common ppl with simple desktop use* should not have to be concerned and leave it to whoever knows best. you mentioned lab computers users compared to *noise* users, like saying "hey at a powerstation, gold conducts electricity better than copper, but in households, you shouldn't worry, or it's irrelevant...!"
i have a better than avarage cd player in my car, worth twice the average player, i have stereo equipment with cables more expensive than the average joe's hifi and an audio interface attached to this pc worth about as much as the computer itself, but i don't go around ppl's house shrugging my shoulds at their hifi,cd player or what have you. if it sounds decent, i am honestly going to say it sounds decent and not dismiss it because there are better sounding big boy's toys in that area.
like i said previously, i was just being a bit snobbish with some pun intended, because, (and my main point in all of this), most ppl with little desktops that prefer x64 system, do so in spite of only just a small difference, and that is what makes them happy. some other ppl prefer 32 bit, but a lot of times, some of those impose their beliefs that it's irrelevant.
when you imply i wanted_to_see, did you actually test if there eally is a difference or not?
and honestly do you think certain software is more reliable on 32 bit systems because 32 bit just is, or because it has been either better test, developed, etc, since much more ppl have and work on those systems and 64bit can never cut it?
i'll stop here cuz i rest my case, and @ irkkaaja i apologize for flooding your thread. if it matters to you irkkaaja, stick to the i386 version for now because it is the better system overall for a desktop right now. i use amd64 only because i have a dual-boot and can rely on that for graphics intensive apps and wine. all i do with this is simple net stuff, email, maybe watch some movies and listen to net radio and mp3s while i await nvidia drivers someday. i am still learning on freebsd and made the switch to amd64 about a month ago because i don't want to have to build everything from scratch when that happens.
rgds