New Gaming Rig - 64bit Vista vs 32bit Vista?

[iFargle]

I'm building a new gaming rig with 8GB RAM (if I so choose to upgrade to Vista64)
If not, I'm going with 4GB on Vista32

I'd like to know application compatibility with Vista64 and Vista32

The applications I'm really concerned about are
iTunes
VLC Media Player,
Adobe CS3/CS4 (doesn't matter)
Firefox
Digsby IM Client

As well as games
Steam (CS:S, Half Life, Team Fortress, etc)
Crysis / Warhead / Wars
Battlefield 2 / 2142

And (yeah), Starcraft. I still play that on a daily basis, pretty much, lol


I've heard that compatibility with 32bit applications in 64bit Vista isn't all that great (I'd have to get 64bit drivers, but that's not too big of a deal, I'm sure the GTX 285 has them)

Would it be worth it to upgrade to a 64bit OS? I've never had the "joy" of using one, lol Thanks for any answers

Specs of build:

Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz stock
ASUS P5QL PRO
4-8 GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-1066
EVGA GeForce GTX285
1.5TB Seagate Barracuda

 

[KSoD]

Windows Vista RTM Software Compatibility List - IeXwiki
Windows Vista Compatibility List
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/

I am sure that the many sites out there that have compatibility lists can be of much more use than waiting for people who have tried all of those apps to respond. I jsut checked for Starcraft and it is listed, but you will have to get the patch and they have a link to it. So i am sure if you search you will find all your answers via the 3rd link which is direct from Microsoft.

 

[iFargle]

Ahh, thank you, all of 'em are very helpful!