CS4 on 64-bit XP?
by Mike Lacher
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Dec 12, 2008 at 10:28:38 pm
Hi all,
I've been running CS3 for some time on a 64-bit XP system. It's not a huge difference from 32-bit with most tasks, but when rendering it's been a huge help.
I'm excited to jump to CS4 since it's built to take advantage of 64-bit processors. Adobe only talks about its compatibility with 64-bit Vista and seems to keep entirely mum about 64-bit XP. Has anyone had experience running it on 64-bit XP? If possible I'd like not to upgrade my OS as the whole company is on XP. Maybe I'm being naive, but it seems like it should work the same.
Re: CS4 on 64-bit XP? by Thomas Honeyman on Dec 13, 2008 at 3:04:06 pm
The reason adobe don't mention xp is purely because Microsft have ditched xp. They want all companies to work with Vista. As you know Cs3 work's relatively okay on xp 64 and it was never listed by adobe. You would be pretty safe in taking a punt on CS4 working but be ready for the posibility that it may not. Meaning you'll have to install vista 64.
Personally I'd stay with CS3. Your not going to get that much better performance from CS4. I've read heaps of posts with people having performance issues. Adobe has just released an update for CS4 a few days ago. So Hopefully it's alll smooth sailing with CS4 now...
But at the end of the day CS4 isn't a 64 bit program and you may have to upgrade to Vista. Save yourself some cash. If you want performance increase, make sure you've got nucleo pro 2, at least 2 gig of ram per core and even look at getting a better graphics card.
I was shattered when I found out CS4 wasn't 64 bit. Eyeon Fusion and Nuke are 64 bit programs though.
Re: CS4 on 64-bit XP? by Jimmy Brunger on Dec 15, 2008 at 11:16:30 am
Is Fusion definitely a 64-bit app now then? I thought they were bringing out Fusion 64 a while ago...but it never surfaced. Did they just build 64-bit into the latest version then?
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Re: CS4 on 64-bit XP? by Thomas Honeyman on Dec 16, 2008 at 2:43:47 pm
Yep it's 64 now. It's been around for a while...
Doesn't run AE plugins though, cause it's 64 bit. Fusion 6 is on it's way too. Haven't had time to learn fusion yet but I really want to step up to a 64 bit vfx program. Fusion has scripting and macro's so if you know your java your all set. II'm a plugin geek so I've got a lot to learn.
