On Sep 3, 3:58=A0pm, smlunatick <yves...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sep 3, 9:06=A0pm, Liam <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I'm building my wife a new PC, with 4GB RAM, a workstation video card,
> > quad-core CPU....
> > She's going to be using it for only graphic design and animation,
> > using Adobe CS3 and Lightwave and the like.
> > As I understand, XP 32bit doesn't handle 4GB RAM very well (or at
> > all). But I also understand if we use XP 64 bit we'd have to get whole
> > new software for the OS.
>
> > Any personal experience on this subject? (Don't even bother suggesting
> > Vista.)
> > Thanks!
> > Liam
>
> A lot of hardware drivers do not exist for XP 64bit and XP 32bit
> drivers appear to not be sup****ted in XP 64bit. =A0Check for drivers
> before selecting XP 64bit.
Well, I checked the Nvidia Quadro4 drivers and it has native x64
sup****t, and the add-on wireless NIC card also has x64 sup****t. Those
are the only add-ons we'd be using (I assume RAM and mobo naturally
work with x64.) So, hardware-wise, I think we're good.
I'm just concerned whether XP x64 will run most software OK.
Thanks for the driver reminder. :)
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