Tough one, I run the 64-bit version of XP on my Athlon 3400. I love it, but it also took a lot of time and digging and googling to find proper drivers.
A few of my challenges:
- Logitech never did release a 64-bit driver for their webcams
- Cisco VPN client does not work on 64-bit
- My Sony CyberShot was tough to get going, but an obscure little fix seems to have worked
- I'm stuck with really generic HP printer drivers
- Since you're a gamer, and I am too, nVidia makes readily available video drivers
- Probably need to get new Antivirus software too. I found a version of Symantec that works, but it took a while to find
So x64 support is way better then it was, but there are still a few snags. Once Vista has been out there for a while, I would imagine most vendors will have proper driver out for that OS. Developers probably just didn't think it was worth it to write the drivers for the 64-bit version of XP, it's not a really popular OS even now...
I still really like it though, noticeable speed increases for me anyways.
TS
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