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64 vs 32 bit OS...?
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:07 am
by RonB
Any advantage in going from 32 to 64 bit with rendering etc?
Thanks much,
Ron
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:09 am
by deadalvs
basically you can adress an exabyte ram PER APPLICATION and not only 2 or three gigs. so much larger scenes can be handled...
sometimes you get even a little speed increase.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:00 am
by martgreg
xp 64 supports more rammage

more ram = bigger scenes = more multi lights
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:59 pm
by Rochr
What they said.
With 64-bit you´ll be able to render out scenes that would easily crash a 32-bit system. And at a much higher resolution that would be possible in 32-bit.
Keep in mind though, that some third party plugins may not support 64-bit.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:17 pm
by Maximus3D
The advantages are many with XP64, i recently installed that into my rig and it got a big boost both in speed and stability compared to XP32. And happily games runs great on it!
For more info check this thread, it's about the same subject as yours.
http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... hp?t=27681
/ Max
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:19 pm
by RonB
Thanks for your input!
I'm going to make the switch today...
Cheers, Ron