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Windows XP x64 Edition
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 |
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Windows XP x64 Edition
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 |
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Windows XP x64 Edition
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 |
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Windows XP x64 Edition
"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/6...s/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/6...cts/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. |
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Windows XP x64 Edition
"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. |
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