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Anyone using Win 7 32 bit with a Marian Trace Alpha for ST??? Please chime in.IIRC several are using this with no issues, just not sure where i read it. thanks...

Hmm, I tried to chime in with some of my experiences in the 7.32 BETA thread but suspect you might have to just give it a try?!

The "try" will cost me over $1100. I'm willing to spend the money but if the "try" doesn't work, I'm stuck with an $1100 rack mount computer that I can't use--and somehow I doubt they'd take it back because it wouldn't work for my use.

Again not exactly the answer that you two are looking for, but I checked with my local "ST & Marian" guru regarding your question. He tried Win 7 64bit & had stability issues. Went back to XP 32bit and to quote him "it just runs and runs".

But the question still hasn't been answered regarding stability issues with Win 7 32 bit with ST using the Marian card.I'm sure there are some users who for some reason haven't chime in.I don't know the answer
because I and the guru I introduced to ST run XP Pro 32 bit SP2.Bob just wants to be sure before he invest big bucks in a new box.

Does still works downgrade W7 to XP? If yes... just go with xp 32bit.
However W7 32 should work since problems are with soundcard drivers on 64bit os.

Thanks.afaik, the issues were always with the 64 bit drivers not the 32.

I'll send an email to my contact at Marian, but I don't know if I'll get an answer in time (in 2013).

First of all, thank you Oldiesstation for starting this thread

My main computer which doesn't usually run w/ST is a Win 7 Pro 64 bit w/i7-3770 processor. In an attempt to get a better feel for my odds of success, I installed ST 7.40 and the Trace Alpha with it's new 2.62 driver that supports 64 bits. Running everything at full blast (assuming that the non-registered version of 7.40 is capable of fully loading the system) with a test tone, it's outputting a clean signal with at least -50db of separation and showing about 25% CPU load. The proposed system will theoretically beat the benchmark of this system by about 5%. If it's a safe bet that the 32 bit version of Win 7 will be equal or better than the 64 bit version, then I feel pretty confident in moving forward at this point. Does anyone have any reservations or "go for it's" about where I stand at this point?

Ouch, yes, I can understand your hesitation considering this.

Just to throw another spanner in the works, do you know what chipset/motherboard you'd be getting? I think I've read that the lack of native PCI was a problem with some boards/audio cards?

Hopefully someone will chime in with a clear answer on this for you but I suspect it will still be difficult to be 100% certain considering the amount of variables involved. (Motherboard, drivers etc.) I think the closest you might get is something like 'highly likely'?