Workstations and AMD 64

[garethace]

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~73827,00.html

 

A bit more new about the new MAC G5, and memory addressing too:

 

http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=105031604#TEXT

[CRD]

OK, I need some of this simplified for me a bit. How much of a difference will I see when I run Max 6 on a 64-bit capable AMD Opteron vs a regular old 32-bit Intel P4?

 

To quote the article,

“Discreet software on the AMD64 platform will allow our 3-D artists and game developers to run a variety of 32-bit applications with the ability to tap 64-bit power as needed,”

 

When does Max "tap the 64-bit power"? I guess are there only certain operations which could take advantage of the 64-bits? Like only rendering and not modeling?

 

As a side question, I read that Mental Ray is capable of using 64-bit operations. If MR is integrated in Max6, but it's the only part that uses 64-bit, is there marketing department saying that Max6 can use 64-bit?

 

The bottom line for me is that I'm probably going to upgrade to Max6, so do I need to run out and get a dual Opteron to really kick arse? Or is my dual 2.4 p4 close enough?

 

Thanks

Colin

[Jeff Mottle]

To translate that article I can do it in one sentence: "Max 6 32 bit has been tested and works on the 64 bit AMD chip. Buy one now so you can take of advantage of it when MAX 6 64 bit is released"

 

Any speed increase you see would be as a result of it being the newest chip, not beucase it's 64bit.

 

 

Read my SIGGRAPH review that I posted a few days ago and see the AMD section.