64 bit

[Mr Bean]

Does anyone know if UT2k4 will run on a Vista 64bit OS

[CTC-JimRimya]

I'm pretty sure it will run in 32 bit emulation mode, but I doubt that epic made a 64 bit version.

[Mr Bean]

I'm pretty sure it will run in 32 bit emulation mode, but I doubt that epic made a 64 bit version.

Ok, thanks Jim. It's just that along with a new MOBO/CPU upgrade, I've had a slight consideration of getting Vista 64 Just to kind of future proof my setup.

[CTC-Darth]

Do what I do, dual boot. Many power users are doing that now. They dual boot between Vista or Linux and XP. The emulation mode in the 64 bit OS works well on somethings and not others. I think for now you will find that running most of your 32 bit programs on a 32 bit OS and running your 64 bit programs on a 64 bit OS will give you good stability.

[Mr Bean]

Do what I do, dual boot. Many power users are doing that now. They dual boot between Vista or Linux and XP. The emulation mode in the 64 bit OS works well on somethings and not others. I think for now you will find that running most of your 32 bit programs on a 32 bit OS and running your 64 bit programs on a 64 bit OS will give you good stability.

Is there any good software to help ease this. I have xp on one hard drive, and vista on another. But to change OS'es, I have to go into BIOS.

[CTC-Darth]

Dual booting from the same hard drive is really the easiest. If you install XP first and make 2 partitions and then install XP and later Vista, you dont need any special software at all. There are a number of good tutorials on the net and you will not have any problem finding it with google. If on the other hand you want to switch between 2 hard drives then you need a hard drive switch. When you turn on your computer you will turn the switch to whichever hard drive you want to boot from. I don't recommend that though. I dual boot from the same hard drive because its easier and I can still access files from the other OS. Say for instance you have booted to Vista and now you want to drag a file over to your XP. Just drag and drop it.

[CTC-JimRimya]

I used to dual boot windows NT 4 workstation and DOS 6.22! Holy cow I'm old!

[Lazy.Pirate]

vista 64-bit has 2 sets of program folders a normal one and a (x86) one... anything that is programed for 32-bit will be placed in the later and should run just fine ...

im on vista ultimate 64bit and i havent had any problems with 32bit apps

[CTC-Darth]

Thats cool, but I have a number of apps that only want to work on XP, although I am sure they would work fine on 64 bit XP and its more of a Vista compatibility issue.

[Mr Bean]

vista 64-bit has 2 sets of program folders a normal one and a (x86) one... anything that is programed for 32-bit will be placed in the later and should run just fine ...

im on vista ultimate 64bit and i havent had any problems with 32bit apps

That's good to know. I appreciate the 411 LP. Also Thank you Jim and Darth

[tooky]

i run vista 64...but i don't use the ut2004 64bit addon, maybe it works with xp 64bit idk...i couldnt get it going in vista 64

i haven't had any problems with ut but my ergodex wont work

there are a few bugs with some of the adobe programs but they work for the most part...

[«ßîc»EJ`]

@ Bean, you change you avatar and sig alot!!!

I cant seem to get my avatars to worky

[Mr Bean]

@ Bean, you change you avatar and sig alot!!!

I cant seem to get my avatars to worky

LOL! Yeah, the requirements for the avatar are pretty finicky. The pixel count and memory used are too low. The one I'm using now is generic here on the site. Jim made a bunch for us.