Thinking Of Going To x64, My Setup........

Looks OK to me. Do you use any printers, scanners, or other peripherals?
Check whether there are Vista drivers for them.

Office 2003 works fine under Vista X64 Home Premium. (I believe that the
Microsoft Document Imaging printer device may not install, though.) I use
the Student version, which contain the same applications as the Standard
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). I have no personal experience with
the applications that aren't included in the Standard version.

Photoshop CS3 works fine. (Adobe doesn't support CS2 under Vista. I had to
upgrade because CS2 tended to be unable to access my printers.)

Canon has a Vista updater for DPP. I haven't tried it. (I use the Photoshop
RAW converter.)

In response to your later posting, I believe that most of the 32 bit
versions of Windows are limited to 4 GB of RAM, and that less than 4 GB will
actually be available within Windows due to some address limitations (which
I don't pretend to understand).

I had been led to believe that I wouldn't be able to run beta drivers under
Vista X64, but that has not been the case. (I have an nVidia graphics card.)

I am not sure that any of the applications that you mention will
individually profit from being run on a machine with 8GB of RAM installed,
but maybe you'll be able to run multiple memory-hungry applications
simultaneously.


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"therock" wrote in message
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Hi folks,

First post here. ( I think) So if I'm in the wrong place or you have
links to help please toss em over.
I'm gonna put a list of devices and software and if you see something
that will not run please tell me.

The OS * Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System
Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM.

Building a new system from the ground up.

CPU * Quad-Core Q6600.
Mobo * GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35.
GPU * POWERCOLOR AX3650 512MD2 Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI
Express 2.0 x16 .
RAM * CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2
6400).
HDD * Western Digital Caviar GP WD7500AACS 750GB 5400 to 7200 RPM
SATA 3.0Gb/s.
Optical * LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Model LH-20A1L-06.
* Linksys WRT54G Router.
* Comcast Cable Modem.

The must Have Software.

Office 2003 (Full) with Outlook, Publisher etc
Photoshop CS3.
Canon Digital Photo Professional.

Thanks,


therock

Thanks,

Yes I have an HP 1315 printer and an old 6200c Scanner.
CS3 and the added RAM of x64 has been reported to run as much as 15%
better on some machines. One reason being the added RAM can replace a
scratch disc. I'll be calling that one out for sure.

It's going to be interesting. Over $1200.00 in a box of parts.


therock

*Wanna Be Photographer*