Build the best computer for running Photoshop, 64bit 32bit

Hi people,
the new Photoshop CS4 include new improvement who include support of Vista
64bit and GPU acceleration trough OpenGL 2
ok, so i want build a very fast computer how take advantage of new
improvement dedicated to photoshop CS4.
So the first question 32(XP or Vista) or 64bit ? have you any bench ?
Vista 32bit support 4GB of maximum memory
Vista 64bit support 16GB
what i should do care also... ?
thx people...

>dpick,
Do you want to share your performance preference settings and which version of PS you are running?
Sorry I haven't replied sooner. I run CS3, and here's my performance settings:
RAM--3255mb (100%)
scratch--dedicated 40gb partition
20 history states, 6 cache levels.
As said, I rarely have issues. But I do get white fades once in a while, and when I load 16bit panoramics, the system really slows down quite a bit.
I built this system with an eye towards running Vista x64. There are few motherboards supporting more than 8gb of ram. Most are server boards, and they have their own peculiarities. The few that will support more ram normally require 4gb sticks--good luck with those. However, 8gigs is still very, very sweet. With a quadcore running at 3.2ghz, I never worry at all how many apps I have open, and the only thing that will bring this system to its knees are those dang 16bit panos...

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