n3k0 opened this issue on Sep 02, 2006 · 11 posts
bantha posted Sun, 03 September 2006 at 10:48 AM
I do not know how much memory Poser can use, but since it is a 32-Bit software, there is no way it can use more than 2 GB Ram, due to adress limitations. This is true on 32-Bit and 64-Bit Windows. No matter how much RAM you have, no matter how big your virtual memory is, 2 GB is maximum for a single thread.
To use more RAM, the software has to be recompiled for 64-Bit. Such an application cannot longer be run with a 32-Bit system, so the market for it is pretty small up to now. Few people are running 64-Bit systems.
I do think Poser 7 could have a version which supports 64-Bit, if it sells good enough. But since the only advantage of 64-Bit systems is the ability to use more than 2 GB RAM chances that 64-Bit will become standard are slim. We probably will have to wait and see.
At the moment I would not expect any real advantages from using 64-Bit Windows.
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