What's the situation regarding the 64bit executable?

[Dano]

I know Oleg stated that there would be both 32 and 64bit executables available at launch and obviously we only got the 32bit one but did Luthier or anybody else ever mention the 64bit one in regards to it's eventual release or not?

[louisv]

Originally Posted by Dano

I know Oleg stated that there would be both 32 and 64bit executables available at launch and obviously we only got the 32bit one but did Luthier or anybody else ever mention the 64bit one in regards to it's eventual release or not?

Look around in the folders, you will find a bunch of filenames with '64' in them, others with '86'. It could be that the 64 bit version is just switched off...I guess once they consider the code clean enough bugwise (and memorywise) then they will enable it, probably as a future beta. My guess.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by louisv

Look around in the folders, you will find a bunch of filenames with '64' in them, others with '86'. It could be that the 64 bit version is just switched off...I guess once they consider the code clean enough bugwise (and memorywise) then they will enable it, probably as a future beta. My guess.

Hmmmm, if I was a competitor, I'd be squirming.........

[Rattlehead]

Pardon my ignorance, but what would a 64-bit exe bring to the table?

[addman]

Originally Posted by Rattlehead

Pardon my ignorance, but what would a 64-bit exe bring to the table?

Because 64 bits are more than 32 bits therefore it has to be better. Seriously though, I couldn't care less about that right now, just make the 32-bit version work properly please.

[louisv]

Originally Posted by Rattlehead

Pardon my ignorance, but what would a 64-bit exe bring to the table?

Larger memory space. More memory.

2 to the power of 32 is 4GB. Windows and stuff take close to 2 GB, so 2 left for applications. If you have more than 4 and you use a 32 bit OS, you never use anything above 4. Now if you have, say, 8 GB, that is 6 GB for applications if you use a 64bit OS.

That does not accelerate applications as such, but depending on how the app manages the memory, it could. For instance by pre-loading a bunch of stuff in memory that would have been on disk. More important is the fact that your app can be much bigger and powerful.

[kilosierra]

IF a application is 64 bit, it CAN run faster than the 32 bit equivalent, as it can pump more data with one cycle. That doesn`t mean though, that a 64 bit app is automatically twice as fast than a 32 bit app because the bus is twice the size.

Apps which through around huge masses of data, like databases, encoding, CAD, but also games CAN be faster with 64 bit.