Hi,

The last 18 months have been almost exclusivley 2D work but now it's time to enter the 3rd dimension again. In fact, it's been so long since I visited Renderosity that I had to look up my password. Anyhow...

My trusty homebrew AMD 3200 is finally packing up but before I take the plunge on a new PC, does anyone have any experience of Vue 6i running on an Intel® Core 2 Quad processor X6600 + Vista Ultimate, please?

Any advice to ease the pain of usage / migration / purchase would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Mark

I have Esprit and Vista x64 with 2 processors.  The problems currently are OpenGL compatibility versus Vue. 

If you are going to run the newest and Vista you have to make sure that all of the hardware and software are compatible with Vista. You can run 32 bit software under Vista, and you can change the compatibility mode to WinXP. However, not all of the hardware out there will support x64 Vista or has drivers for x64 so you should choose your system carefully… 

Currently most Vue users will tell you to stay with WinXP and upgrade when Vista is more stable. 

This is the place to go while deciding what you are to build. It is not 100 percent accurate, as some drivers and hardware will not work as claimed.  Go to the Manufacturers web site and get the tech specs and see if they have true x64 drivers. Some use worked-over WinXp x64 drivers that may or may not work.

http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL/Default.aspx?wt_svl=10048VHa1&mg_id=10048VHb1

I have a multi boot ststem, using  intel Q6700(x-quad). Win 32, 64 and Vista ultimate 64. As Keenart said, drivers are hard to find for vista 64. No big issues using Vue I 6, but I find my self using xp 64 the most. It's the fastest and most stable of all three OS. Using 64 bit will also allow the use of more memory. 32bit stops at 3 gig out of the 8 GIG I have installed,

Thanks for the advice.

For the fisrt time in many years, I'm buying a PC, not building it myself. Therefore I'm relying on the supplier to ensure that the hardware plays nicely with the OS. I'm more concerned that all my software will run under Vista.

I'd overlooked the amount of memory Vista Ultimate can address so I've adjusted my ideal spec accordingly.

A dual boot system is tempting but these days I have client deadlines interfering with my techie tinkering so I stick with a simple one box, one OS philosophy.

Thanks for the compatibility link which is very useful (even though it won't run in Firefox!).

Cheers,
Mark

Just realised I have a licence for XP 64 bit as part of my Microsoft Partner deal. So I can buy a box with Ultimate installed and try to make time to configure a dual boot system. If I had my time over I'd go Mac.

Attached Link: MS Virtual PC Download.

Caution:  it only installs on specific programs, not all can run the program, however, with a system that can run Virtual PC, MS says you can run any MS OS as a virtual machine.  

You do have to have a extra drive letter, but you do not have to duel boot with a virtual drive.  The only drawback is that XP would run inside of Vista and use existing resources.  So you would want to have a big video card and lots of memory. 

Keenart, thanks for the suggestion. I'll stick with a dual boot set up as this will, in theory, make the best use of system resources. I knew I should have gone with Macs....

Cheers,
Mark