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Win 64 bit, will I be sorry?
Did I bite on the 64bit hype?
I am putting together a new system:
P950D processor, 4 gigs of ram, Abit AW8D MB, Tons of storage.
My main “bread and butter” work is motion graphics in After Effects. I have the latest version of the production studio, and use and like ALL the applications, premiere pro, audition, encore, and so forth.I bought Win 64 for the OS because, well the processor said 64bit, and I hoped to be able to use all 4 gigs of ram…AND, I also like 3D work, and many of those apps are coming out (like vue 6).
Anyway, I have read some more on the net about win 64 and issues with drivers and apps, the 3 gig switch (what ever that is?) dual boot systems…do I have to spring for ANOTHER copy of windows.
Again, this is a work / graphics / video editing machine. No games, no web stuff…
Any thoughts about my choices?
JP
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I don’t think you will be sorry. Win 64 has been remarkably stable here in our labs with the entire production studio, and so far so good. The driver issue isn’t as bad as it was 6 months ago – so you should be fine as long as you stick with tried and true components (ATI or Nvidia for graphics etc).
In terms of your RAM though – I would go way beyond 4GB if you are using Win64 bit. As much as you can afford. Apps like AE will still be running in 32 bit mode under a system called WoW 64 (Windows on Windows 64) which in essence is really emulation. (Don’t worry – its not emulation like Rosetta on Mac – this is emulation to the chip – no real performance loss).
The point is – AE will use all 4GB. That doesn’t leave much for the OS, and you will also lose some RAM to a thing called the PCI express Black hole….(nothing you can do about it). The whole reason to take the plunge to Win 64 in my opinion is to really ramp on RAM capability.
If going beyond 4GB is not realistic – I would say stay with Win XP. 4GB is its max for the entire Win XP 32bit system. The really nice thing about Win 64 is all 32 bit applications get their own individual slice of the overall RAM pie – where in Win XP they have to fight over the same 2GB piece. Win 64 will let you run AE to the max 4GB, run multiple apps at the same time without system bog, and give you stellar performance on a well tuned system. (especially with Nucleo….couldn’t resist a shameless plug…)
The only caveat is – you need LOTS of RAM, and yes – a licensed copy of Win XP 64 bit (which is seperate from Win XP Pro or Home). You also don’t need to worry about the 3GB switch with Win XP 64bit (I don’t recommend it even for Win 32bit).
My $0.02
Steve
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Thanks Steve.
I feel that’s helpful information and advice for us here, and I’d guess for a lot of folks visiting these boards.
And it augurs well for Adobe Studio on Vista, when it eventually launches ..
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That was worth well more than 2 cents!
Thanks
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Hi Steve,
Do you actually have AE 7.0 installed on an XP Pro Win 64 machine?
I have a Dell 640 Workstation dual everything, plenty of ram, etc. And AE 6.5 loves it.
But AE 7.0 won’t go passed the first install window. It kicks it out.
Would like to hear back from anyone that
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