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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Randy Barlow [mailto:randy@×××××××××××××××××.com] |
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> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 4:23 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which -march flag to pick for |
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> Intel Core 2 Duo in make.conf? |
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> If you are using a lot of memory in your computations, then |
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> the 64-bit environment will be much friendlier to you :) |
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> Also, if I understand correctly, you will get higher |
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> precision on floating point calculations (someone correct me |
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> if I am wrong here!) I also believe that the 64 bit |
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> processors are able to perform more instructions per second |
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> on average when executing 64 bit code vs. 32 bit code if I am |
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> not mistaken... |
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I am not sure, but that makes sense. If nothing else, things executed |
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directly usually run more smoothly than those who are run through |
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emulation. 64bit code on 64bit processor good... |
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^_^ |
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