Does it make sense to get a quad processor for running autocad, sketchup and adobe CS4/5 or will these programs even take advantage of the extra threads?
Also, how much of a pain is it to switch over to 64 bit?
Does photoshop 7 and autocad 2011 run on 64 bit? I know I can get drives for all of my printers but what about all of the accounting software and other older stuff that is currently running on our 34 bit system? Is there a way of confirming that they will still run on the 64 bit?
I have 64bit and programs that are 32bit are running just fine. I think 64bit is pretty much the norm for architecture industry, if you are using CAD, 3Dmax and PS. Get Quad core or i7, dual core is too old. Its a bit tricky to install 64bit on 32bit system, need to buy a new installation disc for windows 64bit, and basically just install over 32bit system, and yes, the drivers and stuff can bit also a bit tricky for all your hardware.
If you just want a machine to do enough, you can get a decent enough machine for a few hundred dollars good enough to run most stuff... Computers have gotten really cheap for something better than the best things they had a few years ago... There are plenty of people it seems who spend crazy amounts of money and end up mostly operating web applications... :P
If you don't think you will hold onto this computer for a long time, then get something affordable that meets your immediate needs, 32 bit and dual core is probably fine... If you want flexibility to keep the same machine and have it grow, as you need additional power, then:
Get a dual slot board and you have the flexibility to upgrade and add another chip... You could start with a dual core processor and add another one later... Or... A quad core and another quad core later! With virtual cores you can then be up to a 16 core processing... Go with 64 bit... That also gives you flexibility to max out RAM on your board and continually add ram as needed... 32 bit operating systems cannot employ more ram...
But you will only need that much power if you want to do rendering and maybe heavy modelling like in Revit and you want to have multiple things open at the same time...
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32 or 64 bit; dual or quad processor
Does it make sense to get a quad processor for running autocad, sketchup and adobe CS4/5 or will these programs even take advantage of the extra threads?
Also, how much of a pain is it to switch over to 64 bit?
Does photoshop 7 and autocad 2011 run on 64 bit? I know I can get drives for all of my printers but what about all of the accounting software and other older stuff that is currently running on our 34 bit system? Is there a way of confirming that they will still run on the 64 bit?
I have 64bit and programs that are 32bit are running just fine. I think 64bit is pretty much the norm for architecture industry, if you are using CAD, 3Dmax and PS. Get Quad core or i7, dual core is too old. Its a bit tricky to install 64bit on 32bit system, need to buy a new installation disc for windows 64bit, and basically just install over 32bit system, and yes, the drivers and stuff can bit also a bit tricky for all your hardware.
If you just want a machine to do enough, you can get a decent enough machine for a few hundred dollars good enough to run most stuff... Computers have gotten really cheap for something better than the best things they had a few years ago... There are plenty of people it seems who spend crazy amounts of money and end up mostly operating web applications... :P
If you don't think you will hold onto this computer for a long time, then get something affordable that meets your immediate needs, 32 bit and dual core is probably fine... If you want flexibility to keep the same machine and have it grow, as you need additional power, then:
Get a dual slot board and you have the flexibility to upgrade and add another chip... You could start with a dual core processor and add another one later... Or... A quad core and another quad core later! With virtual cores you can then be up to a 16 core processing... Go with 64 bit... That also gives you flexibility to max out RAM on your board and continually add ram as needed... 32 bit operating systems cannot employ more ram...
But you will only need that much power if you want to do rendering and maybe heavy modelling like in Revit and you want to have multiple things open at the same time...
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