From: Mortimer Hemmit (mortimer.hemmit_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 30 2020 - 13:21:25 CDT

Here's one example:
https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/21572.html

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 2:11 PM Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yes, but don't hold your breath.
> if you search the mailing list archive, you will find multiple discussion on the subject and explanations for why there is no 64-bit windows version yet.
>
> Axel.
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 1:31 PM <ccbroomell_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks for the response. Is there any plan to develop a 64 bit windows build?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Mar 30, 2020, at 13:12, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> The VMD windows binary is 32bit and thus memory is limited. To use more RAM you would need to run on a different OS for which a 64bit binary is available.
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>> --
>> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
>> College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA
>> International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:39 Chris Broomell <ccbroomell_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am comparing structures of larger VLPs and have been running into issues when analyzing large files. Typical errors include "failed to increase display list memory pool size, system out of memory." I'm working with surface maps (both the shipped flavor as well as MSMS)...mostly cryo and Xray structures of larger VLPs.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to change the amount of memory that is allocated for VMD processes?
>>>
>>> If not - are there any recommendations for how to optimize my system to mitigate this?
>>>
>>> My system is:
>>> Win10
>>> 16GB RAM
>>> NVIDIA RTX 2070 super (6GB DDR6)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help that you could offer.
>>>
>>> Chris
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>
>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA
> International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.