windows xp 32bit vs windows 7 32bit

[tomylee]

hi there,

I am moving back from 64bit windows 7 to 32bit windows 7 and I am wondering if 32bit win7 is regarding scope absolutely identical to 32bit winxp

To me 32bit winxp was great, unfortunately I configured the system to death cound not repair install, lots of trouble, lost my 5 year old setup because of that, now I still didnt want to install all software etc on the 64 bit windows as 64 bit driver and functionality of scope is pretty limited there.

So my question was, will windows 7 32bit load vdat sts5000, have working adat and wave drivers just as my 32bit winXP did?

Or will there be new surprises? I dont really need more than 4gb ram, I just went to 64 win7 because this step was logical and I paid for 64 bit drivers, unfortunately they are not well done and I just cant wait and hope for SC to fix them eventually.

So I would go to win7 32bit, is that a wise choice?

I want to setup a pc audio system and dont touch it for about 5 years...I also like the rollback features of windows 7. I need STS5000 and planned to record with vdat, syncing it via cubase, this should work by now, but not in 64bit win7

any thoughts on that?

[astroman]

well, if you want to setup a dedicated audio system, what is Win7 rollback supposed to do in that context ?
you're hardly going to mess with the OS and application/driver install/uninstall permanently.

while Scope 5.1 is generally running fine under XP here, and VDAT itself is working... the VRC controller crashes.
I didn't try to hardsync it to my BRC yet (or any other application).
Scope 5 has a lot of changes under the hood, which may be focussed on 64bit use in the first place (just my guess), as that's the BS everyone seems to be talking about.
SC has to follow the hype otherwise they'd be considered 'outdated'
Imho a lot of things would deserve more attention, but it's pointless to fight human ignorance if cashflow is involved.

Win7 is significantly more resource hungry in 32bit than XP, but I fail to see any advantage in a recording system.
You're almost bound to 8 GB Ram for smooth 'user experience', which needs 64bit adressing.
What a nonsense. (yes, I have a 64bit system, too... and a Win7/32 license...)

I don't mind - I'm probably going to install a Scope 4 under XP (I have some older stuff that's not 5.1 compatible) as a dedicated box again. Keeping 5 on the internet machine for general purpose.

cheers, Tom

[tomylee]

check this out, more than 4GB adressing on 32bit win7!

http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/3 ... perre.html (german)

[garyb]

if you turn off all the visual frills in win7, 4gb is plenty of ram.

win7 works very nicely 32bit, but so does xp. use whatever license you have.

[tomylee]

i have both, win7 32/64 and xp - the memory limit is no more with this patch in german