SW2009 SP2.0 x64 & x32 Systems
SW2009 SP2.0 x64 & x32 Systems
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We're moving to SW2009 SP2.0 in a couple of weeks and was wondering if x64 and x32 play well together? All our workstations are not setup for x64 bit and wonder if I can mix and match? I want the power users to be x64 and the remainder to be at x32 since there harware can't support it.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 4.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer






RE: SW2009 SP2.0 x64 & x32 Systems
RE: SW2009 SP2.0 x64 & x32 Systems
Best,
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 4.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: SW2009 SP2.0 x64 & x32 Systems
I've always found, in the other programs I run, that a 64 bit version of a program on a 64 bit OS is faster than the 32 bit on a 32bit OS or the 32 bit on a 64 bit OS.
Also, with the 64 bit OS you get around the memory address problems and can actually put 8 or 16GB or RAM in a system and this makes a huge difference when the assemblies get real large.
Cheers,
Tom
RE: SW2009 SP2.0 x64 & x32 Systems
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2008 SP 4.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: SW2009 SP2.0 x64 & x32 Systems
Our VAR actually did some testing a year or two ago with identical systems from Dell one 32bit 1 64bit and they did not see any difference. I am not sure how scientific their testing was or if it was more of a feeling from their tech guys.
RE: SW2009 SP2.0 x64 & x32 Systems
Although in some cases having more RAM may allow a process to complete without needing VM, and not having to use VM would speed things up.