I want to switch from 32bit to 64bit. I was told that there were 2 different downloads and that you only get the one for the os that your using at the time. It was to save on bandwidth. I only had to ask for the 64bit when I need it.

I asked today and was told that it is in the same downloaded version I have. 2 complete different answers. I was hoping that someone here has switched from 32 to 64bit using the same downloaded version to confirm this before I install. Or do I need to go back to e-on to get my 64 bit version.

Thanks for any help here.

It's in the same download!
100% absolutley!!

When I first got Vue6Inf I had a 32 bit computer, I upgraded to a new pc with Vista 64 Ultimate, re-installed Vue and it shows 64 bit at the laod up screen!
Just re-install!

Word of warning, mine didn't install correctly first time, it seemed to recognize Poser but wasn't bringin in the shader tree when I asked it too, after a re-install it worked fine. I'm pretty sure it was a Vista problem though!

I can confirm, what thefixer is saying.

After rebuilding my PC and using 64bit Vista Ultimate, i've reinstalled Vue 6 Infinite and it immediately recognized the new system as a 64bit one.
It will display this all the time in the 'about Vue...' info window ...

If it will be working for other versions than Vue 6 Infinite, i don't know, but i assume it's the same.

I too concur - the version I originally downloaded works fine on my new Vista 64 bit.  Only problem I had was that I had to run Vue as adminstrator before it kept the s/n information.  Before that, each time I ran it I had to keep entering the s/n and activation :(

Thank you. That's what I needed to know.

I figure it's better to go 64 now to take advantage of the software I have that uses it and to get ready for the ones that will be soon. As in Modo is already being worked on for 64bit.

64 bit is the future no question, jsut the advantage of having 8 Gig RAM in there and being able to use it has made a huge difference to what I can achieve in Vue. Just being able to use the Shader tree without OOM's is fantastic, you'll notice a huge difference to 32 bit IMO!!

What about render times? I have a 32 bit, dual core Intel @ 1.86Ghz. If I upgrade to 64 bit what kind of difference would I feel in render times? Does anyone have a similar experience to share? Thanks!

I can't give an comparing estimate of render time change, Rutra, because changing to 64bit Vista, at the same time i was changing from 2 core CPU AMD 4600+ to a 4 core CPU Q6600, so the render times got about halfed alone through processor power - a real speed push.
And i would guess, 64bit did help overall in this process, too, because it's able to use most or all of your systems resources, like using the extra RAM above the 2GB (for a single program, like Vue) barrier, if more is installed - higher bandwidth to send and receive data, which should give an extra boost - less virtual memory diskswapping and, and, and ...
Sure, this comes with the cost, of some programs or applications refusing to run on a 64bit system, if there is no special 64bit version available, but those are rare, in my case - for most of my graphics- , music-, sound- , video-, game-programs i'm running, no special 64bit version needed, they just worked rightaway ...

RE: Render times. I can't be exact. I added XP 64 to the same machine as Vista 32 as a dual boot. I deactivated Vue so I can't compare exact render times. I am not sure that the render times actually are much faster, but I can do a lot more with the scene because now my 4 gig of memory is available. My resources stay much higher and I don't get the message "can't render -no reources available" or something similar. I have Vue on two machines. The faster machine runs only XP 32 bit with 4 gig of Ram. Both are AMD dual core machines.  There is a difference in resource usage between machines and if I do quick renders, there is a time difference when using the small window. How significant the difference is on longer renders, I don't know. I think the difference is, that now I can render larger files, that before I couldn't render as I wanted with more foliage in them.