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Author Topic: Anyone tried BOINC on 64 Bit Vista ???  (Read 1220 times)

DBall

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Anyone tried BOINC on 64 Bit Vista ???
« on: September 15, 2008, 08:43:34 PM »

I'm thinking of getting a 64 bit vista machine and I wondered what experiences people had with 64-bit Vista running BOINC.
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Re: Anyone tried BOINC on 64 Bit Vista ???
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2008, 11:42:18 PM »

it ran fine, but it didn't perform any better on Vista 64 than it did on XP 32.  XP 64 Pro, on the other hand - does very well - better than Vista
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Re: Anyone tried BOINC on 64 Bit Vista ???
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2008, 01:05:56 AM »

it ran fine, but it didn't perform any better on Vista 64 than it did on XP 32.  XP 64 Pro, on the other hand - does very well - better than Vista
Thanks! I just want the extra memory capacity and a test machine with Vista64 and quad cores. Circuit city has a HP quad that comes with Vista 64 and 5 GB RAM (expandable to 8 GB) for about $700.
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Re: Anyone tried BOINC on 64 Bit Vista ???
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2008, 01:30:04 PM »

Snag it if you can, you'll be happy you did, I'm sure  ;D  Oh, for giggles, make sure you get the 64 bit client and not the regular Vista client

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php
« Last Edit: September 16, 2008, 01:32:04 PM by Txakura »
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Re: Anyone tried BOINC on 64 Bit Vista ???
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2008, 12:33:15 AM »

arggh... Circuit City went up on the price. I'm going to keep watching it because it moves around and has been as low as $ 672, I think.
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Re: Anyone tried BOINC on 64 Bit Vista ???
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2008, 04:46:51 PM »

I've run it on 64 bit linux (fedora 8) successfully, but not 64 bit Vista...
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