Windows XP x64 Edition

[Steve[_14_]]

Hi all;

I am currently running Cubase SX3 on my mixing PC. I am wondering if anyone
has an opinion on moving to Windows XP x64 edition? I figured it's been out
for a few years so there must be drivers for it. Would I see any major
performance gains and where?

Here's my system:
ASUS P5P800 SE
Intel Pentium D 940 3.2Ghz
2gb DDR RAM
Presonus Firebox
Via Chipset Firewire adapter
ATI Fire GL T2 128.

Cubase SX3
Waves Plugins (Version 5)

Thanks in advance;
Steve

[Philipp Wachtel[_4_]]

Soundhaspriority:
> "Steve" wrote

>> Hi all;
>>
>> I am currently running Cubase SX3 on my mixing PC. I am wondering if
>> anyone has an opinion on moving to Windows XP x64 edition? I
>> figured it's been out for a few years so there must be drivers for
>> it. Would I see any major performance gains and where?
>>
>> Here's my system:
>> ASUS P5P800 SE
>> Intel Pentium D 940 3.2Ghz
>> 2gb DDR RAM
>> Presonus Firebox
>> Via Chipset Firewire adapter
>> ATI Fire GL T2 128.
>>
>> Cubase SX3
>> Waves Plugins (Version 5)
>>
>> Thanks in advance;
>> Steve
> You would see nothing new except for problems. Cubase SX3 is a 32 bit
> application.
>
> Bob Morein

.... because a 64 bit WinXP "expects/needs" 64 bit applications compiled for
64 bit operating system. Apps compield for 32 bit XP won´t run on 64 bit
XP....
AFAIK Cakewalk´s Sonar is (or at least was) the only DAW software out there,
of which also a 64 bit version is/was available. If that gains any real
noticable performance advantages, is another question. I´ve never tried it
myself, so I can´t say anything about that.

Phil

[Peter Larsen[_2_]]

Steve wrote:

> I am currently running Cubase SX3 on my mixing PC. I am wondering if
> anyone has an opinion on moving to Windows XP x64 edition? I figured
> it's been out for a few years so there must be drivers for it. Would
> I see any major performance gains and where?

The problem for which a 64 bit OS is the solution is the need of an address
space that is larger than 4 GB. Do you have the problem?


Kind regards

Peter Larsen

> Here's my system:
> ASUS P5P800 SE
> Intel Pentium D 940 3.2Ghz
> 2gb DDR RAM
> Presonus Firebox
> Via Chipset Firewire adapter
> ATI Fire GL T2 128.
>
> Cubase SX3
> Waves Plugins (Version 5)
>
> Thanks in advance;
> Steve

[Arny Krueger]

"Philipp Wachtel" > wrote in message

> Soundhaspriority:
>> "Steve" wrote
>
>>> Hi all;
>>>
>>> I am currently running Cubase SX3 on my mixing PC. I
>>> am wondering if anyone has an opinion on moving to
>>> Windows XP x64 edition? I figured it's been out for a
>>> few years so there must be drivers for it. Would I see
>>> any major performance gains and where? Here's my system:
>>> ASUS P5P800 SE
>>> Intel Pentium D 940 3.2Ghz
>>> 2gb DDR RAM
>>> Presonus Firebox
>>> Via Chipset Firewire adapter
>>> ATI Fire GL T2 128.
>>>
>>> Cubase SX3
>>> Waves Plugins (Version 5)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance;
>>> Steve
>> You would see nothing new except for problems. Cubase
>> SX3 is a 32 bit application.
>>
>> Bob Morein
>
> ... because a 64 bit WinXP "expects/needs" 64 bit
> applications compiled for 64 bit operating system. Apps
> compield for 32 bit XP won´t run on 64 bit XP....

Huh?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/facts/benefit.mspx


"You may already have 32-bit software that can run on Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition. Widely used programs, such as Microsoft Office
2003 and Adobe Photoshop CS2, run on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition."

So the statement that "Apps compiled for 32 bit XP won´t run on 64 bit
XP...." needs to be changed to say that "Apps compiled for 32 bit XP may
run on 64 bit XP".

The nature of some possible incompatibilities is expanded upon:

"However, there are some known incompatibilities with 32-bit software. For
example, because Windows XP Professional x64 Edition does not support 16-bit
software, older programs may not run on it. In addition, software that
includes kernel-mode drivers—such as antivirus packages and back-up
applications—must be 64-bit native to run on Windows XP Professional x64
Edition. It's a good idea to check with the company that makes your software
to find out if it runs on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition."

A trial version of the 64 bit Windows XP is a 550 meg download of an ISO CD
image from:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/facts/trial.mspx

If you are seriously interested in finding out more about the 64 bit version
of Windows XP, picking up a hard drive for about $65 to try it out seems
like a reasonble thing to do.

[Arny Krueger]

"Peter Larsen" > wrote in message


> Steve wrote:

>> I am currently running Cubase SX3 on my mixing PC. I am
>> wondering if anyone has an opinion on moving to Windows
>> XP x64 edition?

Cubase SX3 is 32 bit software.

>> I figured it's been out for a few years
>> so there must be drivers for it.

Depends what hardware you have. Be sure to research this issue with the
manufacturers.

>> Would I see any major performance gains and where?

> The problem for which a 64 bit OS is the solution is the
> need of an address space that is larger than 4 GB. Do you
> have the problem?

The situation is a little bit broader than that - a 64 bit OS is in this
case required to exploit more than about 3 GB of RAM. For example, I might
want to multitask a number of large applications that have working sets that
total to be more than 4 GB. I'd like to use enough RAM to allow them to run
with minimal swapping to disk.

Right now 1 GB DDR 800 RAM chips are running around $30. System boards with
4 RAM sockets are pretty economical. You can't exploit even this economical
RAM configuration with 32 bit XP.

However I agree with the spirit of your comment Peter - and that is that the
benefits of a 64 bit OS for most of us, is pretty minimal.