Nero Digital on Windows 64-bit

[Snollygoster]

Has anyone tried it?

I know ND is a 32-bit application but even so people say that even 32-bit application might perform better on Windows 64 (beta 1).

If anyone has already tried it would be nice to see some comparisons and results.

[Sharktooth]

No, it will perform almost exactly as on the 32bit OS.
To achieve speed the app must be compiled in 64bit native mode.

[Sirber]

in fact, running 32bit on 64bit CPU will have a small performance decreace (around 0.1% IIRC) due to realtime 32bit --> 64bit conversion.

[Snollygoster]

I see. Then it would be nice for Ahead to compile ND using 64-bit wouldn't it?

[Skuto]

I doubt Ahead is going to release software for a beta version of Windows for which there is no release quality compiler yet, either.

[Sharktooth]

Windows XP for 64 bit extended systems should be commercialized in April.
So it's not so "beta"...

[Sirber]

They got RC1 with build 1291 IIRC.

[Skuto]

So what? An RC is still a beta from a testing perspective. How many companies are selling 64 bit Windows software now? You realize why, I hope?

And the compiler in the SDK that is available from MS now sucks quite a bit, almost no speedup from 64 bit mode. Will have to wait for a public MSVC 2005 release to get a real speed improvement.

(Or use Linux, of course)

[Sharktooth]

RC is a release candidate... and not a beta.
RC has all the features working and needs only some bugfixing in restricted places.

[Skuto]

Rather funny that there has been a new beta release then that's no longer marked "RC". There is no SDK for this version and it is specifically noted the previous one won't work.

[plonk420]

"Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Customer Preview Program" .. is that the RC1 build 1291?

now when you say almost no speed up, does that mean none at all? i thought i saw that most programs got a small boost from 32-bit mode to 64-bit mode, even if they weren't native. almost all except games (initially)...