New mobo, new OS ?

Geoff_Wood wrote on 11/9/2010, 12:48 PM

Due to a seemingly terminally rooted XP install (over/reinstall keeps the same problem) , further complicated by a hardware issue, I've taken the plunge and ordered an i7 mobo ( Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 - still has 3 old pCI slots).

Now I'm thinking it would be silly to put anything other than W7/64 on it. But will my old plugins work ? Such as Waves 5, and other 32-bitters ?

geoff

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Steven Myers wrote on 11/9/2010, 1:26 PM

Can't tell you about Waves.
My old 32-bit-only plugs work fine under Vegas 32-bit, but are not available under 64-bit.
So I'm keeping both versions installed. No problem.

Geoff_Wood wrote on 11/9/2010, 2:20 PM

That is Vegas 32-bit running under W7/64 that the 32-bit plugs work in ?

geoff

Steven Myers wrote on 11/9/2010, 4:51 PM

Yes.

Geoff_Wood wrote on 11/9/2010, 7:34 PM

I hadn't attempted V10-32 on a W7-64 machine before.

Good - will give it a try then ;-)

g.

JohanAlthoff wrote on 11/10/2010, 4:14 AM

64-bit Vegas still has a lot of teething problems, and many plugins still lack 64-bit releases. Unless you really need that extra RAM, 32-bit Vegas in a 64-bit environment is the way to go.