Vista 32bit or 64bit for video games

I installed vista 64bit on my macbook pro and I'm trying to play ea sport games like fifa 2009...
I notice that there is some performance lags during gameplay....
would there be a difference if I installed the 32bit version of Vista instead?

How much memory is installed?
Have you - or are you able - to update the graphic drivers?
Windows 7 (now build 7057) is much better than any version of Vista. Otherwise, XP has a smaller footprint but can't use more than 2GB.

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