Nearly two and a half years have passed since 64-bit processors started going into PCs. But the software to take full advantage of these chips remains scarce, and customers aren’t buying much of what’s out there. The 64-bit chips provide greater performance than their older 32-bit counterparts, but that’s because of speed upgrades and other architectural enhancements.
I personally have never found solid evidence of a 64-Bit helping an application perform better, but I hope to see it happen soon. I believe we will see Dual Core processors be far more beneficial than a 64-Bit CPU, at least for now. Check out the read at News.com.