Zangetsu57
Member level 4
hfss vista
Hello everyone,
I recently got a new computer with a Q6600 (Quad core2duo) and 4GB of ram. I have Windows XP Professional 64-bit installed. It is my understanding that HFSS 11 auto-detects whether or not you have a 64-bit OS and CPU. When I run HFSS, however, it has HFSS.exe*32 under processes in the taskbar, indicating HFSS is running as a 32-bit application. Does this mean I am still limited to the 32-bit RAM limit of about 3.3GB? Perhaps it can still address all 4GB of memory, but parts are 32bit?
I bought this PC so I can get upgrade to 8GB of ram if necessary, but if HFSS 11 can't use it and is still running in 32-bit mode, the extra memory is useless. Do I need to do something special to install the 64-bit version?
If it helps, I DID complete a simulation (passed through krylov vectors and completed fully) with about 114k tetrahedra. I think the 32bit limit is somewhere around 70k-96k tetrahedra, so is it possible that HFSS is running correctly?
I will note that I am still somewhat new to HFSS, and have been using for about 4 months. Thanks for any help!
-Paul
Hello everyone,
I recently got a new computer with a Q6600 (Quad core2duo) and 4GB of ram. I have Windows XP Professional 64-bit installed. It is my understanding that HFSS 11 auto-detects whether or not you have a 64-bit OS and CPU. When I run HFSS, however, it has HFSS.exe*32 under processes in the taskbar, indicating HFSS is running as a 32-bit application. Does this mean I am still limited to the 32-bit RAM limit of about 3.3GB? Perhaps it can still address all 4GB of memory, but parts are 32bit?
I bought this PC so I can get upgrade to 8GB of ram if necessary, but if HFSS 11 can't use it and is still running in 32-bit mode, the extra memory is useless. Do I need to do something special to install the 64-bit version?
If it helps, I DID complete a simulation (passed through krylov vectors and completed fully) with about 114k tetrahedra. I think the 32bit limit is somewhere around 70k-96k tetrahedra, so is it possible that HFSS is running correctly?
I will note that I am still somewhat new to HFSS, and have been using for about 4 months. Thanks for any help!
-Paul