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Core 2 Duo and a 64bit OS?

ROfu

ROfu

ROfu

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Hey guys just wanted to ask the lucky few, who have thier core 2s if anyones running windowsXP64 or a linux64bit kernal.
Am going to be testing out Vista64bit when i order my cpu in a weeks time, after that test, windowsXP64 will be installed.

Has anyone tried thier cores with 64bit, stable? faster? and whats the ram situation on core 2 compatible boards? anyone tried thier system with 4gb+?
I will be using this system for the odd game, but mainly as a 3d workstation.
therefore a 64bit OS is essential.

Any comments or points would be appreciated.

Cheers
ROfu
 
Stoofa: please dont take this as having a go -
Ironically i get the same response everytime i ask about 64bit on these forums - yes 64bit IS essential, ive been working in the film industry for a good few years, and the level of detail in scenes we produce has been getting higher and higher. 3gb of memory is not even close to usefull these days. we use a linux64 kernal mainly and i can assure you that it IS essential.
I dual boot to windows64 as i prefer the windows environment to linux (even if linux is more stable) Considering Maya 8 is now 64bit, which means the content creation environment is now true 64bit, workflow will be improved considerably not just through additional ram.
Having used windows 64 for the better part of a year on the last few projects in film and TV, its proven itself more stable and reliable than 32bit windows (once you have the right drivers) not only that there are multiple scenes which windows 32bit wont even load because of the massive memory requirements - which although windows 32bit can "support" theoretically 38bit memory allocation. Anyone who has used windows for these kind of applications knows that windows still has issues, with it more oftern than not becomimg unstable.

So to my original question - without being patronising or offensive, i purely wish to know who has used thier new chips with windows64 or on a linux64 distro and what thier experiences have been so far.

ROfu

ps cheers for the reply stephen B this is good to know.
 
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