So, it turns out my current rig, core 2 duo @ 2.66, 8800gt and 4 gb ram (essentially 3, since I'm running windaz xp 32 bit) can't cut the mustard in higher poly sculpting or when more than a mil's worth of polies are loaded into Maya or Max. I'm thinking of going 8gb ram, but I really can't see my self going to vista and I…
I have heard Win XP 64 bit is just as or even more buggy than Vista. I too want to upgrade my windows but am quit confused on which suicidal windows platform to use. I almost want to wait for the new Windows to come out first! What is everyone else using on the ol' Polycount forums using on their machines to run Max, Maya,…
Stick with Vista 64 Bit, reason because there is ALOT more software support and drivers that will work correctly rather then that rushed version of XP + if you were to put it that way... I dont see any other reason to getting 64bit XP merely because we have Vista now... okay maybe some older programs but thats about it...…
yup, the only reason I'm not exclusively on 64 is for my 15 year old scsi card and my 20 year old document feeder scanner :P I liked xp64 a lot, it was lightning fast on the p4ht, and when I went down to 32 it was uber slow. After spending the weekend with vista32, I can't say I hate it or have many issues with it. A lot…
This is the one I have as well. And yes you can only install it on one PC although you can make changes to your hardware as long as it's not mayor, like changing the motherboard. I think a lot of the misconceptions of Windows xp64 not having drivers come from way back when the first amd 64bit processors came out and the OS…