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I’d like to know if someone is using Combustion on Windows XP x64???
Even running on a 64bit system it shouldn’t change anything since the application doesn’t support it yet.
using it right now and have noticeable increase in speed.
especially from disk cache.We use it without a hitch. I guess the performance increase is simply due to more available memory; and bandwidth considering we run it on dual-Opterons. Hope Discreet comes out with a true 64-bit version soon.
I’ve been using it on a Pentium D at work. Horrifically buggy. Combustion almost never crashes on my 32 bit athlon, but on the Pentium D it hasn’t even been just crashes, it’s been strange strange strange viewport glitches (in software mode) amongst other things.
My recommendation, wait until Discreet releases a 64bit binary for Combustion or just perhaps stay the hell away from the Pentium D.
We continue to run Combustion in x64 on a daily basis to composite commercial and film jobs. Some of the setups have been very complex. Other than a few crashes, about the same amount we experienced in x32; we haven’t found any unusual problems. Network rendering is fine as well.
We’re running a dual Opteron workstation w/ dual SLI 7800s though… maybe there’s an issue specifically with the Pentium Ds… hell, why buy them anyhow?
I can’t wait for an x64 version though – that would rock.
Haha, because I showed up to work and there was a number of large Dell Boxes sitting on my desk.
No chance I’ll ever buy one for home use.
Quote:We’re running a dual Opteron workstation w/ dual SLI 7800s though…Do your dual SLI7800’s help you in Combustion or is it mostly for 3D that you have them?[/quote]
Our decision to go SLI was more of a price / performance consideration. I’ve heard many complaints about using the last generation Quadros and didn’t want to spend a ton of cash to get a card with similar performance to the SLI 7800 config.
The cards work great in Combustion, contrary to all the warnings we received from Quadro fans. Alias also warns against using SLI cards and only endorses the Quadro… however we haven’t experienced any problems in Maya either.
I have noticed a few OpenGL bugs, but have seen worse in the Quadro… forget which model though; will have to find out for you.
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