Tommy L Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I have a laptop and a pc. The pc does not yet have an OS. The pc is quad-core and has 4 gig of ram so I would like to use 64bit windows. The laptop has regular 32bit xp pro. Installed on the laptop are max, vray, fryrender. Will I have any conflicts for using the pc as a render node through backburner and for distributed rendering with vray and Fryrender? Will I have any problems using the PC as storage for the shared files (material libraries etc)? Im trying to decide whether to buy xp x64 pro or regular xp pro. Not too savvy about networking or windows in general.... Any advice much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Not sure about Fry but with Max, Backburner, mr, Vray et al you install the 32-bit version in XP64 to have it play nice with XP32 computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 Will the render engine still be able to access all the ram in the pc? or will it be restricted to 3 gig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 It will have the same restrictions it would on XP32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 If I remember correctly, I was using 3.8 Gigs with max when it finally crashed... using the 32bit version on windows x64, which was alot better than having it crash at 1.8 Gigs on XP 32...so you will get more ram usage from it, but won't get full use until you are using the 64bit versions of your software... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 Thanks guys, just bought 64 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlaranjinha Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I have the same problem. I have a Xeon quadcore, with 4 gb of ram, and i have to use max 9, adobe premiere, photoshop, flash, corel draw, zbrush, and a cad program. The adobe and corel packs are not certified for 64bits. Zbrush I don't know. I'm spending almost 10.000 euros in software, I have to know if it will work. What do you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I'm running Adobe CS2 on XP64 with no issues, but if Adobe isn't guaranteeing compatibility and you need the guarantee, maybe you should go with XP32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlaranjinha Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Thanks! I'm going for xp32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Ok, I now have xp pro x64 edition running on a pc. I have xp pro vanilla running on my laptop. PROBLEM: I am trying to connect the pc (which will be a render node) to my laptop by crossover cable to make a simple network. I cannot get the pc(64) add laptop(32) to see each other. It seems like i have tried everything. Is it a windows 64/32 compatability problem? Any tips/clues much appreciated. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I've had no problems with networking the two. Could be a more fundamental problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlaranjinha Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 I've heard about the same problem. You're not the first person with it. I think the 64bit (xp & vista) are not yet fully developed, so problems are still usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 18, 2007 Author Share Posted July 18, 2007 It worked in the end. My solution was 'get someone else to fix it'. Why is networking 2 computers such a ball-ache? It makes me feel really stupid every time i try and do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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