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Post From: 32 Bit dll's are fine but I'm having real issues with 64 Bit dll's

[2020-02-16 20:47:30]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
We ran a test loading a large intraday data file and no studies. This is what we found:

The system was a notebook computer with an Intel core I7-6700 HQ with 16 GB of memory.

The data file is 1.2 GB.

The 64-bit version loaded the file in 1:04 (Minutes:Seconds)
The 32-bit version loaded the file in 1:32 (Minutes:Seconds)

So as you can see the 64-bit version is actually faster. But why is not something we would know. This is going to be something that only the mainboard manufacturer, Intel and Microsoft can best explain. Logically, from our perspective, we would expect there to be some improvement because there is not any compatibility layer between a 32-bit program and the 64-bit operating system. But we would think that would be a very thin layer where needed. And we would also expect more efficient memory address translations because everything is then handled as 64-bit rather than any conversions.

And you should not underestimate the role of the mainboard you are using and the chipset on that mainboard.

And if you have the exact opposite result, that really should tell you something is not right with your hardware and it was never optimized for 64-bit to begin with.
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