Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> Hughes, B. wrote:
> > Feel like I'm left behind in the dust with my current, and what I consider
> > to still be new, PC; having only the Intel Pentium IV with Hyperthreading
> > and my WinXP being only 32bit, too, I keep thinking I'm always making bad
> > computer buys.
> > :-)
> > I'm guessing this new and improved POV-Ray will be okay on a 64bit Intel
> > processor like the Nocona, or whatever it will be called...? But why bother,
> > since AMD seems to be staying ahead on that processing power stuff.
> > Although, having checked up on pricing they don't seem to be very different
> > in cost and Intel is boasting a lot of improvements.
>
> This 64bit version is mainly developed for the AMD 64bit processors
> (Athlon 64/Opteron).  Of course it should also run on whatever Intel
> develops as compatible to the AMD64 extensions.  It won't run on Intel's
> Itanium systems but that's a different league anyway.
>
> Since 64bit Windows versions are still in beta the whole 'Windows
> 64-bit' concept is not that important for the broad market yet, the
> number of people running POV-Ray on 64bit Unix systems (including AMD64)
> is probably going to be higher than on Windows for quite some time.  If
> you want to buy a relatively cheap and reliable 64bit system for use
> with POV-Ray, AMD with Linux/FreeBSD is probably the way to go at the
> moment.
>
> Christoph
>
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I have Windows XP and an AMD Athlon 64.  But when I try to install it, it
says I have the wrong processor type.  Do I have to "set" something yet or
what?  And how do you install an *.msi file anyhow?!

:O)+<

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