64-bit Edition When?

[narlee]

This has been touched on in some of the other threads, but are we safe in assuming the timeline is probably mid-2006? It makes a big impact on hardware decisions.

Geof Narlee.

[FK]

I don't know when, but I'd shape my decision like this:

Does 64 bit hardware command a premium (that you are uneasy with)? No - grab it.

Do you need to use more than 2-3 gigs of RAM for your skyscraper? Yes - go 64 bit.

Otherwise, take 32 bit and relax.

[GuyR]

On a similar vain...

Does a dual core processor (that are coming out this year) look like 2 processors to the OS or one?

In other words will Revit take advantage of the dual core functionality?

Guy

[narlee]

Thanks, FK.

GuyR, check out the thread called "Faster Revit." It didn't look like it was worth the trouble.

[GuyR]

Thanks Narlee, I checked out the Faster Revit thread.

I couldn't see any references to dualcore processors. Note I said dualcore not dual processors. I appreciate only Accurender will take advantage of dual processors.

Dualcore http://www.amd.com/us-en/0,,3715_11787,00.html is another beast all together. Or is it?

The reason I ask is I'm considering upgrading the PC and the AMD dualcores will use the 939 socket. So if the dualcores will be an advantage I'll buy a 939 motherboard.

Guy

[FK]

As far as I can tell, dual core does mostly look like two processors, so it will look just like any old dual machine to Revit.

[GuyR]

it will look just like any old dual machine to Revit.

As Toyota (http://www.badchickens.com/movie_bugger.html) said:

Bu**er!!

Guy

[Wes Macaulay]

Fedor's note about memory management limits with Windows under 32bit is an important point. But even though 64bit means more memory I can be accessed, I assume that it theoretically means greater bandwidth for processing numbers... and that's what everyone is really interested in?

:confused:

[FK]

Well, 0002+0002 is the same as 00000002+00000002, so on the surface there is no speedup. I bet there are tricks to improve things, but I have not looked at them in detail.