Title: RE: OT XSI on Vista64// everything fine?
I don't use Vista, but the memory
usage thing is not supposed to be a problem,
it's the operating system that's using the memory
differently than XP. It's using otherwise unused
memory for caches that will be immediately
released when an application needs it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Leydecker
I´ve earned the golden Guinea pig status now.
The 25-30% CPU usage (on below Core2Quad 2,4GHz)
was most likely due to the Sidebar still active althought it´s
more or less useless with the "windows classic" design.
Deactivating that gives a pretty idle CPU, the memory
footprint is still at around 1 GB Ram. I´ve installed 64bit
XSI 6.02 for a testdrive, it starts and behave normally.
Yet, I´ve decided to downgrade my Vista64 business
license to a XP64 pro license. Mostly for the snappier
feel and less clutter XP64 imho has in direct comparison
when using a classic windows mode. It also just blocks
about 275 MB RAM in idle mode, I´ll prefer to use
the ~768 MB difference for yet another ZBrush level :-)
Cheers
tim
P.S: The bootup time of Vista64 is horrible on my PC
and my nerves, probably a user error not covered by UAC.
(I am very glad UAC had been no integral part of XP64...)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Leydecker" <BauerOink(at)gmx.de>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: OT XSI on Vista64// everything fine?
> Here´s my personal follow up on Vista64, mint install,
> prior to having XSI setup and running on a consumer
> level Core2Quad 2,4GHz, 8GB RAM, Nvidia 7900GT.
> (it´s rating 4.9, with the RAM performance poorest).
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> First of all, it´s dogslow and a memory hog.
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> I should have ordered XP64 instead of constantly
> wasting ~ one of my cores and 1-1.25 GB RAM for
> a more or less idle Vista desktop with UAC on top.
> (User Access Control, "You sure you wanna do this?")
>
> After configuring things back to Windows Classic look
> and sifting through all sorts of subsubsubsublevel options
> I am back to the XP/W2K look&feel exhausted...
>
> The frustrating thing is, the 1.25 footprint and 25-30%
> CPU usage with idle desktop is still there.
>
> I think I´ll buy an XP64 lic tommorrow.
>
> Cheers
>
> tim
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Laffey" <joe(at)laffey.tv>
> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:22 PM
> Subject: Re: OT XSI on Vista64// everything fine?
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Tim Leydecker wrote:
>
>> Doesn´t the default quicktime installer for windows xp/vista
>> work for you? I´m pretty sure I´ve watched *.mov files
>> encoded in H.264 on XP64 using the Quicktime Player.
>>
>> The apple/quicktime page just lists these requirements:
>>
>> ° Pentium processor-base PC or compatible computer
>> ° At least 128MB of RAM
>> ° Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Vista
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> I must admit I never even tried installing Quicktime under XP64. I read
> everywhere that it did not work (and believed them...)
>
> Does it install and work for 32 bit apps?
>
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