Plugins won't load into X-6 64 bit

[Stumann]

I just purchased PSP X-6 and tried to load my plugins. I have Imagenamic Noiseware Standard and DCETools Redynamizer HDR plugins. They will load into the 32 bit version of X-6, but not the 64 Bit version. Is there a simple solution to get them to work in the 64 bit version? What is the real advantage of using the 64 bit version over the 32 bit one?

[JoeB]

I just purchased PSP X-6 and tried to load my plugins. I have Imagenamic Noiseware Standard and DCETools Redynamizer HDR plugins. They will load into the 32 bit version of X-6, but not the 64 Bit version. Is there a simple solution to get them to work in the 64 bit version? What is the real advantage of using the 64 bit version over the 32 bit one?

I can only assume that these are 32-bit plugins that simply won't install into the 64-bit version of PSP or Photoshop.

As far as I know, the only advantage of 64-bit programs is that the are able to take advantage of the 64-bit architecture of a 64-bit operating system and therefor, theoretically, should run faster. My own experience, and from some things I've read on the 'net, is that whether or not you see a significant improvement in performance (i.e., specifically speed) using the 64-bit version on a 64-bit system depends on several factors, such as the actual architecture of the program itself and, maybe more important, your system specs. For many of us with older systems but 64-bit Windows OS I, for one, don't see anything significant in terms of performance using 64-bit PSP over 32-bit PSP. The main reason, however, that I use 32-bit PSP is that I have tons of plugins, most of them 32-bit that won't work in 64-bit PSP. So even if I am taking a bit of a performance hit, I much prefer a slightly slower performance if it means having many more tools at my disposal. JMHO.