SilverFast Ai & Vista x64
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From: Mardon on 2 Mar 2007 17:12 I recently bought an Epson Perfection V750 Pro. This week I installed "Vista Ultimate x64". (Fortunately, I kept my "XP Pro x86" as the "old version of windows" in dual-boot configuration.) I want to use my scanner from the Vista x64 OS but only the rudimentary Epson drivers work. My "SilverFast Ai 6" that came with the scanner will not work on x64. Here's what LaserSoft has to say: http://www.silverfast.com/show/vista/en.html "...SilverFast will not be compatible with Windows Vista* 64-bit in the first step. Vista* 64-bit compatibility will be implemented subsequently with no final date yet." Does anyone have any inside information as to how long before LaserSoft produces the x64 version? Alternatively, is there a high quality scanner program for the V750 Pro that will work with Vista x64?
From: babaloo on 2 Mar 2007 20:28 My serious recommendation is: don't hold your breath. Vendor support for 32 bit Vista is underwhelming and many of the new drivers being offered are buggy or simply do not work. The situation is worse for 64 bit Vista. At present I have no clue why anyone thinks that in the real world a 64 bit OS will be better than a 32 bit OS simply because it can theoretically address more RAM. Outside of multi-core servers feeding hundreds of clients no one on earth using a PC will get a real world advantage with current software at these high RAM levels because RAM is not the bottleneck. If you have less than 4gbs of RAM or less there is not even a theoretical advantage to a 64 bit OS. Now examine your 64 bit OS set up. Is there a swap file? Think about what that means . . . . .
From: Mardon on 2 Mar 2007 21:59 "babaloo" <fac187(a)hotmail.com> wrote ... > My serious recommendation is: don't hold your breath. > Vendor support for 32 bit Vista is underwhelming and many of the new > drivers being offered are buggy or simply do not work. > The situation is worse for 64 bit Vista. > At present I have no clue why anyone thinks that in the real world a 64 > bit OS will be better than a 32 bit OS simply because it can theoretically > address more RAM. > Outside of multi-core servers feeding hundreds of clients no one on earth > using a PC will get a real world advantage with current software at these > high RAM levels because RAM is not the bottleneck. > If you have less than 4gbs of RAM or less there is not even a theoretical > advantage to a 64 bit OS. > Now examine your 64 bit OS set up. Is there a swap file? > Think about what that means . . . . . The more RAM that's installed, the larger Windows makes the paging file, not the other way around. By default, the file size equals the installed RAM plus 300MB. My paging file is 5418 MB with 5GB RAM installed. Dual 3.6 Xeon processors.
From: - on 2 Mar 2007 22:34 > Alternatively, is there a high quality scanner > program for the V750 Pro that will work with Vista x64? The v3.04A driver from Epson is supposedly Vista 64 bit compatible. Have you tried it? Doug -- www.BetterScanning.com - Custom Film Holders and Accessories for Agfa, Microtek and Epson Scanners
From: babaloo on 4 Mar 2007 18:34
The point about RAW and swapfiles: with 4gbs of RAM or more there is no need for a swap file. IF the OS insists on creating a swap file, and matching the size of the swap file to the RAM, then the OS itself is not optimized for handling large volumes of memory regardless of the amount of RAM it can theoretically address. Also you must consider that the OS has a finite number of "resources" that can run out before RAM runs out. |