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I have a few questions regarding the 64 bit version :
--- Is it as stable as the 32 bit version with AMD 64 CPUs?
--- Is there equal driver support for Ubuntu64 as it's 32 bit version has?
--- Will I be able to run applications which are only 32 bit? - or is it like x64
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Stick with the 32 bit version, I don't think the 64 bit release is officially supported.
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I also have a few questions regarding drivers which I hope someone could help me with :
--- I have heard Linux SLI drivers are horrible in comparison to Windows SLI drivers. While benchmarking proves this to be true, does anyone know if newer more improved SLI drivers are going to be released for Linux? Or is this something I shouldn't worry about, and just continue to game with Windows XP?
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If you want to game, don't use Linux. I know there are drivers available for the current nVidea/ATI cards, but for bleeding edge support, Windows is going to be a step head. 3D acceleration and DVD playback works fine on my machine, but all I have an nVidea nForce4 which is built in to the motherboard.
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--- Has Creative released X-FI drivers for Linux? If so, I can't seem to find them, and honestly, if I don't get to listen to my music while fiddling around with Linux, I don't think I will enjoy it as much.
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Check Creative's site for specific drivers... the ALSA drivers will probably work fine though.
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And finally I would like some recommendations for software to use after installing Unbuntu (at this moment I am leaning toward the 32 bit version).
--- I use Open Office now with Windows, I assume I will continue using that.
--- A media player? Possibly one which also comes with most of the codecs required to listen / rip media files.
--- Browser; Firefox like I use now.
--- Messenger Client? Perhaps something similar to Trillian. I can't remember if one comes packaged or not.
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Don't know about the messenger client, I don't use one, but for media players I just use Totem and Amarok. Totem plays pretty much any file format and Amarok is a very nice music library program. Everything else, I would stick with.