Who is ready for PureBasic 64Bit

For everything that's not in any way related to PureBasic. General chat etc...
User avatar
IceSoft
Addict
Addict
Posts: 1682
Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:51 am
Location: Germany

Who is ready for PureBasic 64Bit

Post by IceSoft »

Yes I am:
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
NVIDIA 8800GTS 640MB


But I belive the most 64Bit User will be use Linux 64 Bit. I am right?
Belive! C++ version of Puzzle of Mystralia
<Wrapper>4PB, PB<game>, =QONK=, PetriDish, Movie2Image, PictureManager,...
Derek
Addict
Addict
Posts: 2354
Joined: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:51 am
Location: England

Post by Derek »

Unfortunately I chose 32bit when I installed Vista. Still, it'd be a good excuse to get a new computer for my birthday soon. :lol: :lol:
User avatar
ts-soft
Always Here
Always Here
Posts: 5756
Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2004 2:44 pm
Location: Berlin - Germany

Post by ts-soft »

I use on one PC:
Windows XP SP3 32-Bit
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit (I am ready :wink: )
Ubuntu 8.04 32-Bit

NVIDIA 8600 GT 512 MB Passiv

greetings
Thomas
PureBasic 5.73 | SpiderBasic 2.30 | Windows 10 Pro (x64) | Linux Mint 20.1 (x64)
Old bugs good, new bugs bad! Updates are evil: might fix old bugs and introduce no new ones.
Image
jack
Addict
Addict
Posts: 1358
Joined: Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:10 pm

Post by jack »

I am ready, have both Windows XP64, and Vista 64
X
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
Posts: 311
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:27 am

Post by X »

Windows Vista 64 bit here. Will have Windows 2008 64bit "workstation" in 7 days. I'm all set to go :D
User avatar
pdwyer
Addict
Addict
Posts: 2813
Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 1:27 pm
Location: Chiba, Japan

Post by pdwyer »

64bit would be nice, I could detect the other 4gb of memory in my PC again :)

When my sound card vendor comes out with sound card drivers that kills off some of the new "features" added by vista like some of the other big sound brands have done then I might give it another go.

I'm thinking of getting a BD drive for this PC this year, I'm not sure if that will mean I bump into further vista "features" with hi-def content issues :?

Xp sp3 still works fine. loosing 4gb of memory is a small price to pay given the sound nightmare vista introduces

The feature I saw in vista that I might like is dynamic folders.
Paul Dwyer

“In nature, it’s not the strongest nor the most intelligent who survives. It’s the most adaptable to change” - Charles Darwin
“If you can't explain it to a six-year old you really don't understand it yourself.” - Albert Einstein
User avatar
djes
Addict
Addict
Posts: 1806
Joined: Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:46 pm
Location: Pas-de-Calais, France

Post by djes »

Finally! Everybody has a Jaguar! :roll:
User avatar
pdwyer
Addict
Addict
Posts: 2813
Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 1:27 pm
Location: Chiba, Japan

Post by pdwyer »

I don't! :shock:
Paul Dwyer

“In nature, it’s not the strongest nor the most intelligent who survives. It’s the most adaptable to change” - Charles Darwin
“If you can't explain it to a six-year old you really don't understand it yourself.” - Albert Einstein
.:M:.
New User
New User
Posts: 7
Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:34 am

Post by .:M:. »

...and i have a nice view out of my window(s).
Rick
User
User
Posts: 16
Joined: Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:25 am
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA

Post by Rick »

I am ready and waiting... :D

My workstation is an Intel Duo Core2, a 64 bit dual core processor running Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit. It's a self-built PC. 8 gig RAM, 2TB of drive space, and the motherboard has a native HDMI output in parallel with a VGA output so I can plug it directly into my HDTV at 1080p. Now... if I only knew how to program games. :roll:

With 8 gigs of ram, I have it run VirtualBox with a guest OS of Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit for a PB development and test environment and another VirtualBox with guest OS of Windows XP SP3 32-bit (for Photoshop CS3, InDesign, etc).
User avatar
pdwyer
Addict
Addict
Posts: 2813
Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 1:27 pm
Location: Chiba, Japan

Post by pdwyer »

well, in the future, you'll know it's close because the windows version will be released!

:twisted:
Paul Dwyer

“In nature, it’s not the strongest nor the most intelligent who survives. It’s the most adaptable to change” - Charles Darwin
“If you can't explain it to a six-year old you really don't understand it yourself.” - Albert Einstein
Tipperton
Addict
Addict
Posts: 1286
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 7:55 pm

Post by Tipperton »

Not me.

For the time being I'm staying with 32 bit, from what I can tell the only real advantage to going 64 bits is access to more than 4GB of memory and since I don't need any more memory than what I have now (3GB), there's no reason to go 64 bits.

Add to that the relative vacuum of 64 bit software.

Although it would have slowed the adoption of 64 bit Windows, I believe we'd have been better off if Microsoft had designed 64 bit Windows to not be able to run 32 bit software. Then there'd be a real need for 64 bit software. As it is, vendors just make 32 bit versions and ignore 64 bit.
User avatar
pdwyer
Addict
Addict
Posts: 2813
Joined: Tue May 08, 2007 1:27 pm
Location: Chiba, Japan

Post by pdwyer »

I can personally vauch for that. I have 4.5gb that lie undetected because:

- 64bit XP is driver poor (tried it, my periferals have issues)
- 64bit vista is slower, even optimised for performance with all the bells and whistles turned off. slower to boot, slower to run and has a nightmare bug in the sound "default device" system that pisses many many people off on the vista64 forum who use digital connections to AMPs etc

linux ain't an option, junipers RDP drivers to connect to the company VPN are only for windows. no trendy alternatives allowed
Paul Dwyer

“In nature, it’s not the strongest nor the most intelligent who survives. It’s the most adaptable to change” - Charles Darwin
“If you can't explain it to a six-year old you really don't understand it yourself.” - Albert Einstein
SFSxOI
Addict
Addict
Posts: 2970
Joined: Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:24 pm
Location: Where ya would never look.....

Post by SFSxOI »

To use 4GB or more memory in Vista your system must meet the following qualifications:

The chipset must support at least 8 GB of address space. Chipsets that have this capability include the following:

• Intel 975X
• Intel P965
• Intel 955X on Socket 775
• Chipsets that support AMD processors that use socket F, socket 940, socket 939, or socket AM2. These chipsets include any AMD socket and CPU combination in which the memory controller resides in the CPU.

• The CPU must support the x64 instruction set. The AMD64 CPU and the Intel EM64T CPU support this instruction set.

• The BIOS must support the memory remapping feature. The memory remapping feature allows for the segment of system memory that was previously overwritten by the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) configuration space to be remapped above the 4 GB address line. This feature must be enabled in the BIOS configuration utility on the computer. View your computer product documentation for instructions that explain how to enable this feature. Many consumer-oriented computers may not support the memory remapping feature. No standard terminology is used in documentation or in BIOS configuration utilities for this feature. Therefore, you may have to read the descriptions of the various BIOS configuration settings that are available to determine whether any of the settings enable the memory remapping feature.

• An x64 (64-bit) version of Windows Vista must be used.

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us

Just because you install Vista 64 bit, it doesn't mean memory above 4GB will automatically be detected and used, your system also has to meet the qualifications above.
Last edited by SFSxOI on Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Michael Vogel
Addict
Addict
Posts: 2797
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:27 pm
Contact:

Post by Michael Vogel »

I just started with XP some weeks ago, before that I've used Win2k for around 6 years or so (and before that for a very long time with 3.1 :lol:)

It's quite fine to have a stable and fast responding UI - even on a (very) small notebook (I've bought a clone of MSI Wind)...

...and about PureBasic - what is missing and would be better with a 64Bit version? Maybe some brand new integer math functions, like Abs() ? :twisted:

Michael
Post Reply