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> > You'll only notice a speed increase with applications that need to |
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> > caculate very large numbers, like encryption keys and certain |
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> > scientific apps. Everything else will basically run just as fast in |
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> > 32-bit mode as it will in 64-bit. There are exceptions in certain |
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> > media encoders that don't have hardware optimizations for 64-bit, that |
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> > may actually run faster as 32-bit apps. |
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> Well, the registers are not only twice longer, but there is twice as much of |
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> them as in 32-bit. And THIS is what optimising compilers are fond of. More |
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> registers mean less in-memory temporary variables, which in turn means less |
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> memory accesses. This gives speed improvement. For SMP systems it gives huge |
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> difference - as the memory is shared between CPUs and they must fight for it. |
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> I have an amd64 system for over a year (or is it 2-yrs?). I had some glitches: |
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> * Need to use binary 32-bit firefox to have flash - still have problems with |
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> some fonts not appearing in flash |
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> * Need to use 32-bit java to make 32-bit OpenOffice happy |
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> * Some forensic packages won't compile on 64-bit due to bad coding techniques |
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> But besides that - my AMD64 3000+ just rocks. I had definitely much more |
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> problems with 64-bit XP, but since getting rid of it (XP not problems) I am |
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> fully 64-bit positive :D |
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That's what I just bought. A Sempron64 3000+. So, if there isn't an |
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amd64 package available, I can always use x86? Does portage make it |
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easy to do this? |
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- Grant |
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