x86_64 desktop system questions
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Sat Mar 1 19:31:01 UTC 2008
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 19:00 +0000, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> >>>>> "Craig" == Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> writes:
>
> Craig> 4. I don't know that 64 bit is all that much faster. I have
> Craig> been forced to use it by some of the lower end Dell
> Craig> Optiplex systems that just don't run well on i386. You
> Craig> definitely benefit if you have over 3 Gb of RAM. For the
> Craig> most part, it shouldn't make that much of a difference.
>
> See http://colina.demon.co.uk/?q=node/53 for one piece of evidence to the contrary.
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I said I don't know...how could that be contrary.
I'm sure you can find specific examples of faster and could probably
find specific examples of slower too if you tried.
Craig
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