[Fwd: Re: What to install on an amd64 machine?]

[Joshua Jensen]

Ok... but install the 32bit version and see how much slower it is.  I
really doubt the speed is due to you using 64bits.... but I could be
wrong.  Athlon 64 3500+ running in 32bit mode is very fast as it is.

Joshua



On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 08:10:53PM -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote:
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: What to install on an amd64 machine?
> Date: 	Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:44:27 -0500
> From: 	Robert L Cochran <cochranb at speakeasy.net>
> To: 	Alexander Volovics <awol at home.nl>
> References: 	<20041227143720.GA4934 at home.nl>
> 
> 
> 
> I have the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard with the Athlon 64 3500+ 
> (the new chips built on 90 nanometer technology...that's the Winchester 
> core I think) cpu. I installed FC3 x86_64 without any hesitation. 
> Actually I've been using the x86_64 version of FC3 ever since it was in 
> beta, starting with the 'test2' beta release. The AMD 64 has such superb 
> performance that I have no plans to go back to the Intel platform. And 
> I'm not missing anything. I have every single application that I had 
> before. The difference is that the 64 bit processor is far, far faster 
> and hence conserves my valuable time. I can literally do more. One thing 
> that really opened my eyes is how fast MySQL (64 bit binaries) can 
> crunch through tables with 110,000 rows.
> 
> You really must install the latest BIOS update for the motherboard.
> 
> Other than that, you should have no problems at all.
> 
> Perhaps in a year I'll upgrade to a newer motherboard and a faster AMD 
> CPU. For now, I am a very happy camper.
> 
> Bob Cochran
> Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
> 
> 
> Alexander Volovics wrote:
> 
> >In 2 weeks time I will be getting an amd64 machine and I have
> >been reading up on possible problems.
> >Because the answers to the questions I would like answered are
> >contaminated with hardware/software issues when googling or reading
> >mailing lists I hope to get some unequivocal answers here.
> >
> >- Can you install FC3-i386 on an amd64 machine without problems?
> > Can the FC3-i386 kernel and drivers handel the hardware without
> > problems?
> >
> >- Looking at the packages contained in FC3-x86_64 I see both i386
> > and x86_64 versions for a lot of things. For example:
> > hal-0.4.0-10.i386.rpm and hal-0.4.0-10.x86_64.rpm.
> > Are the i386 versions included for 'compat' reasons, so you can
> > run i386 apps under FC3-x86_64?
> > And are they installed by default when doing a standard workstation
> > install or do you add them if necessary?
> > If they are available for 'compat' reasons are they sufficient for
> > all i386 apps I would like to run or do you sometimes have to add
> > extra i386 libraries?
> > Can i386 libraries always coexist with x86_64 libraries without
> > problems?
> >
> >- Do up2date/yum function faultlessly when adding i386 apps to
> > a machine running FC3-x86_64.
> >
> >- If both FC3-i386 and FC3-x86_64 can run on an amd64 machine without
> > problems are there significant advantages for the x86_64 version?
> >
> >- I will be getting a MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum board with an Athlon64
> > 3500+ socket 399 and an UDMA100 hard drive. Does anybody know of
> > any special problems when installing either FC3-i386 or FC3-x86_64?
> >
> >Alexander
> >
> > 
> >
> 
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