Windows XP 64 bit and Premiere Pro 2.0
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t-h-e-w-h-o
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there would be no improvement. Sorry to say, but 64bit (as of current) is bullshit. The windows xp 64bit version is not even a production os, and to top it off, premier wasnt designed specifically for 64 bit so the performance gain (if any) would be minimal. Instead just get yourself a nice cpu with a good FSB. Im running dual procs at 3.6GHZ each with 2GB of ram and 1.5tB of space on a raid5. Im 100% positive that if you had a nice cpu/ram and standard windows it would perform better than the so called "64bit."
I'm running dual AMD 2.8 Opterons on a Tyan Thunder mobo with a Quadro FX 1500 Graphics card (256mb of RAM), Raptor for System Drive, Maxtor Atlas V 10K SCSI drives for scratch and export, two additonal 250gb drives for storage, Adaptec outboard SCSI controller with it's own processing and 4gb of RAM. But... here's the hiccup-- I want more RAM, but 32bit won't recognize anymore than 4gb. This is the reason for my curiosity of 64bit OS.
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Joe
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Joe
jazzx
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Of course it is, it's not on beta, it belongs to the offical production line of Windows Operating systems, it just not widely adopted but it's there and it works!
I have tested 1.5 Premiere on Win64 and it works fine. PP2.0 would probably work just as well but it will operate on 32bit mode so the more memory cannot not be assigned to that process if it's more than 4gb's. What's good about WinXP64 is that it's alot more stable as an OS from its Win32 brother because of it's server codebase, especially now that driver support for main hardware is there (chipset VGA etc).
You could give it a shot, but only as a dual boot thing, cause a lot of applications aren't going to work at all and you can forget about printers also.
jazzx said:
What's the procedure in setting up a dual boot system? Is the 2nd OS loaded on a different drive?; Do you need to make changes in the BIOS to offer the choice of OS at boot? What about keeping different drivers on the same system-- seems like that could run you into a lot of headaches?
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Joe
jazzx
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You can put the 2nd OS on a different drive or partition, it is the same thing, only faster on a different physical drive.
If you want to install Win64 on an different drive or partition, the only thing you need to do is put the installation cd-rom in, configure bios to boot from cd-rom, start setup and then instruct the installation to go to the designated drive or partition letter you wish, or even delete or create new partitions from free space. Existing installations will be left unharmed, unless of course you decide to delete the existing system partition, so I suggest that you be careful at all times.
Windows will automatically configure dual boot for you after installation completion and from then on-after BIOS post you will see a selection upon which OS you wish to boot.
If you want to install Win64 on an different drive or partition, the only thing you need to do is put the installation cd-rom in, configure bios to boot from cd-rom, start setup and then instruct the installation to go to the designated drive or partition letter you wish, or even delete or create new partitions from free space. Existing installations will be left unharmed, unless of course you decide to delete the existing system partition, so I suggest that you be careful at all times.
Windows will automatically configure dual boot for you after installation completion and from then on-after BIOS post you will see a selection upon which OS you wish to boot.