64 bit or 32 bit - Boot Camp Windows

Hello, I am going to download the release candidate of windows 7 to run in boot camp and I am wondering if i should download the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version

I installed both the 32 bit and 64 bit version of the latest RC of Windows 7 using parallels.
For some reason the 64bit version under Parallels does not load the AC97 driver so sound does not work. Manually installed the realtek AC97 driver causes sound to be intermittent.
The 32 bit version does not have this error.

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    **Please note I do not propose or support using illegal copies of Windows software or licenses
    Required technical skill: minimal
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    The deep search finally finished:
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    MS Data                338695552  651468152  312772601
       MS Data                340391264  653163864  312772601
       MS Data                490233848  803006448  312772601
       MS Data                490233855  803006455  312772601
       Mac HFS                490234708  491504243    1269536
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    And text:
    Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 251 GB / 233 GiB - 490234752 sectors (RO)
         Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors
    >D EFI System                    40     409639     409600 [EFI]
    D EFI System                    46     409645     409600 [EFI]
    D MS Data                 12844161  247217280  234373120
    D MS Data                 25922952  338695552  312772601
    D MS Data                 27618664  340391264  312772601
    D Mac HFS                 97104348  235516637  138412290
    D Mac HFS                 97154892  235567181  138412290
    D Mac HFS                174921356  176190891    1269536
    D Mac HFS                174921727  176191262    1269536
    D Mac HFS                174921894  176191429    1269536
    D Mac HFS                174922198  176191733    1269536
    D Mac HFS                174922470  176192005    1269536
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