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32 VS 64 Bit OS for Vegas 7
I’m in the process of shopping to buy or build a new faster computer that will be used mostly for video editing. I use Vegas 7 primarily but sometimes use Adode applications as well. My question concerns installing The Windows OS as either 32 bit or 64 bit. I understand that the 32 bit version is much more compatable because of hardware drivers. But I’ve also read that 64 bit is better for video editing. But then I read somewhere that Adobe Photoshop doesn’t work with 64 bit. Can someone enlighten me about these choices and recommned my best choice and tell me why.
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3 Replies
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Go 32bit for now. There is no real advantage to running a 32bit app on a 64 bit system.
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Terje A. Bergesen -
Well, one advantage is that Win64 give 32bit applications access to the entire 4GB memory space, whereas Win32 only gives 2GB (unless you use the 3GB switch). I have a Dell 690 running 8GB and while I see no real speed increase, it seems to work fine.
Mark Kauffman
kauffman@paradigmranch.com -
That is true, but this will probably not have any significant impact on Vegas performance since it will generally be CPU intensive more than memory intensive.
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Terje A. Bergesen
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