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# 1 03-06-2007 , 01:53 AM

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just wondering if the is any benifits of using 64 bit versions of maya over 32 bit?

and i would imagine that the files are compatible between them??

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# 2 03-06-2007 , 06:10 AM

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# 3 03-06-2007 , 08:50 AM

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i am yeah.
was just wondering if there was much of a difference between them

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# 4 03-06-2007 , 08:54 AM

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i am yeah.
was just wondering if there was much of a difference between them

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The files should be compatible, yes. I think the advantages of having 64 bit Maya on a 64 computer would be:

1. Maya is all around faster
2. Maya consumes less RAM

Although, there probably are some other advantages (Just Google it and see what you find), but thatÕs all I could think of.
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# 5 03-06-2007 , 09:00 AM

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ok cool, thanks

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# 6 03-06-2007 , 11:32 PM

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I dont know how it would consume less RAM running on a 64 bit system, it would however be able to use more RAM (if its available of course) than the limit on a 32 bit version.

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# 7 04-06-2007 , 12:45 AM

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The only differnce between 64 and 32 bit is calculation times on the processor.

64bit is allegdly faster than 32bit. But I have yet to see proof. Dual or Quad Core is the way ahead for speed. I kinda think 64bit is falling on its arse tbh, there is very little support out there for it atm. Stick with 32bit and go dual core...

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# 8 04-06-2007 , 02:42 AM

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yeh i have dual core already (AMD64 5000+ 2.6Ghz Dual core) and have a dual boot computer with windows vista 64 so i just thought i would try and utilise it as its there!

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# 9 05-06-2007 , 06:28 PM

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R@nSiD > '64bit is allegdly faster than 32bit. But I have yet to see proof.'

64 bit is only faster for double precision fixed point instructions in programs that support it. For floating point, 64 bit CPUs don't perform any better just becuase they are 64 bit since x86 CPUs have 80 bit FPUs since the 1990s.

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