[Opensim-users] Vista vs Win7, 32bit vs 64bit

[Sarge Misfit]

As I said in the first post, first line, "I'm currently running Win7 64bit
..." . I've known all along that it was a 64bit system. I also have decided
to stick with Win7 64bit, as I said in my last post.

Sarge

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:25 PM, walker1145 <walker1145 at azstumbler.com>wrote:

> **
> Then you have a 64bit system. Memeory over 4GB can not be addressed by a
> 32 bit system as there is a limit to how much memory a 32 bit system can
> address before it is unable to address it for use. Now the motherboard or
> the CPU may be reporting to windows that there is 6GB available but unless
> it is a 64 bit system the entire 6 GB will not be available.
>
> On 05/20/2012 10:53 AM, Sarge Misfit wrote:
>
> Well, my comp is 64bit, with 6Gb RAM, so it looks like I'll stick with a
> 64bit operating system. I think my version of MySQL is 32bit since its the
> setup that comes with SoaS. I'm a MySQL Doofus, but maybe using HeidiSQL as
> the GUI will help with learning how to setup the 64bit version. If that's
> the case, then its irrelevant whether I use Vista or Win7, tho it seems
> logical that Win7 will make better use of 64bit resources.
>
> Btw, Walker, my current Win7 does see the whole of the 6Gb I have onboard,
> not just 3 :-)
>
> Sarge
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:25 AM, InuYasha Meiji <inuyasha.meiji at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Any windows operating system under 64bit will not access beyond the 4GB
>> limit.
>>
>> Also I am running my grid on a Windows 7 64bit machine using a 64 bit
>> version of MySQL and have no issues with textures or sounds so far.  The
>> only sound issue I have. I think, has to do with not fully supported LSL
>> scripting.  I just hope it is fixed someday.  I know it isn't the most
>> important thing going.
>>
>> I had a script that was used to break a song into 10 or less seconds and
>> use this to play the wav files, in order, and play the entire song.  This
>> was good for making instruments.  The script compiles but won't play
>> properly.  I am assuming it is a problem relaterd to all LSL sound
>> functions, and not the same as yours, thus had nothing to do with my use of
>> Windows 7 on 64bit.
>>
>> InuYasha
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/20/2012 11:35 AM, Sarge Misfit wrote:
>>
>>>  I'm currently running Win7 64bit and seem to encounter some minor
>>> problems with textures and sound. The issues are just annoying enough that
>>> I am considering retro-grading to Vista, perhaps the 32bit version. I had
>>> heard that Vista won't recognize RAM over 4Gb. Is that so and, if it is, is
>>> there a fix? What other differences/issues should be considered?
>>>
>>> Sarge Misfit
>>>
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