Hello,
From a RS perspective - whats the most optimal quad / platform choice ? (ie is 64 bit windows worth considering ?)
It seems to me that 64 bit windows will be quite a good choice, considering the increased memory usage because of 4 cores. 32 bit windows would set a modest limit of 1 GB / core, which is not much in such a powerful system.
Renderings speed using the native 64 bit Realsoft 3D under XP64 is also significantly better than under 32 bit OS (10%-30 % faster).
When purchasing a new computer one can probably (?) select components which already have 64 bit drivers. I myself have tested XP64 on a computer which has geforce3, and there's no driver available for it. The display is so slow that it is almost amusing :)
Best regards, Vesa
