Windows XP 64 bit edition

[Studlybob`]

I'm new to these forums but I've been checking out the hardware reviews for a while now. Sorry if this question has been asked before and I didn't see it.

I just received my MSI Neo Platinum 2 and AMD 64 3500+ hardware in the mail. In the mb box it told me that I received a free download of Windows XP 64 bit beta edition. I had never heard about this OS before. So here is my question.

Is it a good idea to install this instead of my regular Windows XP? Mostly I use my PC for gaming. My main goal is to improve the performance of my games (I hate choppy frame rate). Will this OS help much on the gaming side of things? From a gamers perspective is it worth installing the 64 bit edition. Is the downside of installing this Beta OS worth the possible increase of my gaming performance?

Thanks for you help in advance!

 

[pxl2566s]

In my use with it this week i'm using XP now. It was buggy and I couldn't get Raven Shield to work at all. and a number of other programs. Only so a slight gain in performance nothing to go OMG about.

 

[CommanderFrank]

The key word here is beta. The general accepted practice is not to run a beta as your primary operating system, especially the 64 bit since the software hasn't caught up with the hardware yet. You would be wise to stick with XP as primary and play with the beta on another partition as a dual boot.