Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: gh <gwheim@×××××.fr>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] 64-bit or 32-bit?
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:29:32
Message-Id: 42D3FD64.8050005@yahoo.fr
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] 64-bit or 32-bit? by Anand Buddhdev
1 Anand Buddhdev a écrit :
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3 > One of the choices I'm facing is whether to install gentoo 64-bit, or
4 > 32-bit. Installing 32-bit on the AMD64 would make life easy, but kind of
5 > defeats the purpose of having a 64-bit processor. Hence my request for
6 > opinions. Should I go 64-bit, or stay in the 32-bit world for now?
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8 What follows will not answer your question, but might interest you. I
9 installed both amd64 and x86 on my computer just to compare the performance
10 of both. After a few test (consisting of creating a tar archive of about
11 3-4 Go) I conclued that a 64-bit architecture is 10% faster than a 32-bit
12 one on the same hardware.
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14 Concerning, gentoo amd64, I never had a problem that could not be resolved.
15 The next step for me is to add a TV card. I hope it will work like it ever
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