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advice for an upgrade

  • 04-04-2011 3:27pm
    #1
    Technoi
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭


    Hi,
    My work machine died and I need to replace it. Looking at a Xeon quadcore Dell percision with 4 gigs of ram and 1g graphics card.
    I run cad 2004, adobe cs and sketchup as my main programs
    My question is this, the dead machine is 32 bit and I'm wondering now should I purchase the 64 bit machine as I've read that it can use more ram and ram is cheap enough now too and ultimately is this the way things are headed? Since this is a work machine I need it to be somewhat future proofed.

    Also if I run the 32 bit sofware in the x64 environment does that mean I lose the x64 bits ability to address more ram then the 3 gigs for a x32 bit machine?

    Ultimately I will be in the market for newer Cad and adobe so can get the 64bit versions then but is it a false economy or should I really just get the 32 bit machine and a big graphics card instead?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    obrien.cathal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭obrien.cathal


    Hi Technoi,

    Personally, I wouldn't go for anything other than a 64bit machine and OS at the moment. Technology is moving on and many applications are being redesigned for the 64bit OS. So to future proof your machine 64 bit is the only way to go.

    Cathal


  • #3
    Technoi
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭Technoi


    Hi Cathal,
    Thanks for the reply, appreciate your candidness. That pretty much confirms my own thoughts on it. Cheers


  • #4
    jme2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 974 ✭✭✭jme2010


    32 bit machine can address 2^32 locations in memory or 4,294,967,296 i.e 4 GB of addressable memory. Where as 64 bit in theory could have terabytes of RAM.

    You'd have 5GB alone with that ram and gfx card.


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