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Am Dienstag, 17. Juli 2012, 07:52:08 schrieb Nilesh Govindrajan: |
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> So the same old query again I guess. |
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> What architecture should I use for a machine with 3GB RAM and a 64bit |
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> processor? |
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> I believe 64bit should be given serious consideration only if RAM is gt or |
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> = 4 GB, even there 32bit is allowable with PAE if I'm not wrong. |
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> So what is recommended? There are as such no special use cases to go 64bit |
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> for me. |
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now that I am home: you believe wrong. |
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There are many good reasons to go 64 bit. Easier memory managment, more |
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registers. Bigger register. Faster math because of the bigger registers. |
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There is seriously NUL reasons to use 32bit. Zero. Zilch. Why throw away all |
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those nice improvements - for nothing in return? |
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Video-codecs? I haven't seen a video in years that was not playable by 64bit |
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ffmpeg based players but worked with 32bit. Those who were troublemakers were |
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also unplayable with 32bit codecs. Flash? Just works. Stable? You bet. |
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The only use case that might come up is wine - I don't know anything about |
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that beast. Haven't had any use for it in years. |
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