Upgrade from 32bit to 64bit

[pauldoherty]

I am considering upgrading to 64bit

windows but worried about potential

problems with current software.

 

My machine at the minute is:

2g of ram

Geforce 6600 GT graphics card

AMD ATHLON™ 64 X 2 DUAL CORE PROCESSOR 3800+

Windows xp pro 32bit

 

Software includes

Vectorworks 11.5

Cinema 4D 9.5

Photoshop CS

 

Does anyone know if i will encounter

any problems with this upgrade

[Tella]

You should check if there are drivers for your hardware for 64bits. Usually programs are not the problem but the drivers. Nvidia has drivers for 64 bits. I had problems with the printer drivers; HP is not making drivers for 64 bits so I'm using my printer with the drivers of other printer which eventually worked. I had to search for the drivers of my wireless router antenna (succeded). AutoCAD 2006 installs the Net framework thing which didn't worked but you can download an update. Photoshop works fine.

 

Besides this problems I'm very happy with the change.

[pauldoherty]

Did you notice any speed gains when rendering?

[AJLynn]

Read the recent thread on this forum called Windows 64 - if you get the 64-bit C4D you should see improvements. Check on Vectorworks and hardware drivers - nVidia has them but you might have other hardware that doesn't work so well, check you MB chipset, sound, network card, printer, scanner, coffee maker, etc.

[Tella]

I've noticed improvements in the overall PC performance. I had 4GB of RAM which now are fully working and AMD 3500+ 64bits but I'm using 3dsmax which is not a 64bits app yet and Maxwell render which is still in development and changing versions, so I can't really tell if rendering is faster.