Query about fc4 servers support for apt-get

[Rudolf Kastl]

the faq gives the answer to the question if we should email id soft
about that...
they know that theres x86_64 linux.

its not just about compiling... in theory you only compile source code
and it works on 64 bit... practically... it needs code changes in this
case to work properly.

why it would be slower? id recommend to discuss that on
irc.freenode.org on the iccuslus channel or #etpro. both channels have
people that actually really worked on the q3 engine e.g. as far as the
et port goes.

theres an x86_64 port of q3 btw... the people who ported it might be
on irc even and there has been actually alot discussion on the topic
there.

Talking about doom3 and if it would be slower or not wouldnt make
sense at all... we both dont have the source code of doom3 do we? ;)

regards,
Rudolf Kastl

2005/10/21, Jonathan Berry <berryja at gmail.com>:
> On 10/21/05, Rudolf Kastl <che666 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > infact a 64 bit port of the games would be slower. atleast according
> > to the opinion of alot developers i know ;).
>
> Uhh, no.  That is a ridiculous statement.  Why would a 64-bit port of
> a game be *slower*?  Why would any program be slower if built for the
> x86_64 platform?  That just makes absolutely no sense.  I have not
> done many comparisons, but I know I have seen at least one program get
> a more than 2x performance boost between 32-bit and 64-bit builds.
> There is a lot to be gained in moving to 64-bit, with probably the
> biggest gain being the availability of 16 general purpose registers
> rather than 8.
>
> > 2005/10/21, Rudolf Kastl <che666 at gmail.com>:
> > > google for doom3 linux faq ;)
>
> And what are we supposed to be looking for in this search?
>
> Jonathan
>
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