  | | | 64 Bit XSI | 64 Bit XSI 2005-04-25 - By Simon Pickard
Back Thanks everyone for the answers.. Yeah that's what I kind of thought, just moving to 64bit wont make anything faster unless you code it to take advantage. If you read some of the stuff out there it's almost as if just sticking a 64bit clip in there magiclly increases your speed tenfold! Grr! Marketing! Grr!
Regards, Simon
> Simon, 64bit would not really make software faster unless the software > performs operations which are 64-bit on the 'inside'. This is my > understanding. Also, chips like Opteron have twice as many registers as > Xeons, to my awareness, hence using those extra registers can make > software > faster. > At least that's my understanding. > What I wonder though is that they never mention XSI 4.2, but a > 'prototype'. > So perhaps it's a prototype of v4.5 or 5.0 ? :-) > >> -- --Original Message-- -- >> From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf >> Of Simon Pickard >> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:33 PM >> To: XSI@(protected) >> Subject: Re: 64 Bit XSI >> >> Hi there, >> >> Just a quick question as I don't fully understand all this 64bit stuff. >> I understand that moving to 64bit allows extra memory, but why will >> moving >> to 64bit make xsi any faster? >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> >> >> > Actually, I can't wait to install a 64bit Linux distro on my dual >> > opteron system, with XSI 64bit. Hopefully that will just smoke >> > everything I could exprience so far :-D >> > >> > Bernard >> > >> > >> > >> > lpiasecki76 wrote: >> > >> >>Sounds very interesting. I wonder what kind of speed improvements can >> we >> >>expect and are they due to the extra RAM or perhaps the software is >> >> compiled >> >>specifically for Opterons, in which case it would be using the extra >> >>registers. >> >>Can't wait! That's indeed great news especially now when we're >> upgrading >> >> to >> >>64bit dual Opteron systems. >> >> >> >>Luke >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>-- --Original Message-- -- >> >>>From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On >> Behalf >> >>>Of pargana.r@(protected) >> >>>Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 7:16 PM >> >>>To: xsi@(protected) >> >>>Subject: 64 Bit XSI >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>Avid to Preview 64-bit SOFTIMAGE|XSI Software at Microsoft Conference >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>http://www.avid.com/company/releases/2005/050425_64bit_soft.html >> >>> >> >>>Rui Santos. >> >>> >> >>>__ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ __ >> >>>Novo Servico IOL Dicionarios. 13 Linguas diferentes! >> >>>Saiba mais - http://www.iol.pt/correio/rodape.php?dst=0501251 >> >>> >> >>>--- >> >>>Unsubscribe? Mail Majordomo@(protected) with the following text in >> >>> body: >> >>>unsubscribe xsi >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >>--- >> >>Unsubscribe? Mail Majordomo@(protected) with the following text in >> >> body: >> >>unsubscribe xsi >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > --- >> > Unsubscribe? Mail Majordomo@(protected) with the following text in >> body: >> > unsubscribe xsi >> > >> >> >> --- >> Unsubscribe? Mail Majordomo@(protected) with the following text in >> body: >> unsubscribe xsi > > --- > Unsubscribe? Mail Majordomo@(protected) with the following text in body: > unsubscribe xsi >
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