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Posted by Specs on 10/02/08 11:26
"Pat Horridge" <pat@remove-spam.vet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Specs" <No.Spam@Thanks.com> wrote in message
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> > "Martin Heffels" <biz@thisproductworks.com.> wrote in message
> > news:1e36i1h7r2d8c2l14k70m8kefalun2ba5o@4ax.com...
> >> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:17:05 GMT, "Jona Vark" <noemail@all.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >There is a lot of development beginning on beta OS and beta IDE.. I
> >> >would
> >> >hope the big guns are working on 64 bit versions of popular NLEs..
> >>
> >> The only big multimedia stuff which I know is Softimage 5 and
Lightwave.
> >> Maya for x64 is under development (maybe a 64-bit version for Linux
will
> >> see the light sooner?). Canopus people have said they were not
developing
> >> anything, Avid neither.
> >> It might be they are all waiting for the release of Windows Vista.
> >>
> >> cheers
> >>
> >> -martin-
> >> --
> >>
> >> "Beer is life!"
> >
> > The reason why we are not seeing 64 bit NLEs is that there is very
little
> > to
> > be gained by going 64 bit for editing. Editing is still not a hugely
> > memory
> > intensive activity in the same way that compositing and 3D animation
are.
> >
> > I agree Martin, Vista's release must be in the minds of developers.
> > Because
> > we don't need 64 bits why spend resources releasing a 64 bit version now
> > to
> > a limited audience when the developers can release one 64 bit version
for
> > all when Vista arrives.
> >
> >
> >
> I'd have to disagree if ypur looking at HD editing (and more and more
people
> are)
> Our DS with 4GB of RAM the most 32 bit can support is close to the limit.
> The move to 64bit will open the door to RAM bottlenecks and really help
with
> caching massive ammounts of data to RAM for processing etc.
>
I suggest you re-read my post, taking particular care over the second
sentence.
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