IronCAD on Windows 7 32bit vs 64 bit and XP

[mgajewski]

Hi,

 

I am about to install Windows 7 Professional and I have both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions available.

 

I remember reading a comment online that suggested that IronCAD ran better on Windows 7 32-bit version than on the 64-bit one.

 

Is that true?

 

Is the 32-bit or 64-bit version better for IronCAD?

 

 

Also - how about XP 64?

 

Will XP even be supported by IronCAD 12?

 

Thanks.

 

Mark

[Doug Gower]

Hi,

 

I am about to install Windows 7 Professional and I have both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions available.

 

I remember reading a comment online that suggested that IronCAD ran better on Windows 7 32-bit version than on the 64-bit one.

 

Is that true?

 

Is the 32-bit or 64-bit version better for IronCAD?

Also - how about XP 64?

 

Will XP even be supported by IronCAD 12?

 

Thanks.

 

Mark

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Mark,

Obviously you need a computer that will run a 64-bit OS if you want to install one and I think any 32-bit version of Windows will only support up to 4GB of RAM at the most. I used Win XP Pro 32-bit until I ran into poor performance and needed more memory for larger assemblies. Now there's a lot of info out there comparing performance of the different versions but I don't think you need to look very far. I would just install Win7 Pro 64-bit since that is about the latest and greatest.

 

Here's a couple links that might help.

 

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows...asked-questions

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa...8(v=vs.85).aspx

 

http://www.ironcad.com/support/community/i...owtopic=6123&hl

 

 

[IronKevin]

That's good advice, Windows 7 64bit will give you better memory management and capacity.

[mgajewski]

That's good advice, Windows 7 64bit will give you better memory management and capacity.

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Thanks, guys - that's very clear and helpful.

 

Mark