Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 64 bit or not

[Rob Lytle]

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:00:24 +0100
Ralph Slooten <axllent@×××××.com> wrote:

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> Harry Putnam wrote:
> > The amd64 faq link posted by Ralph Sooten tells a kind of bleak story
> > as of June 2005 about there being nothing remarkable about 64
> > performance and futher that 32 bit out performs in many areas.  It is
> > also said that for `desktop' use there isn't much point.
>
> Somewhere in that FAQ there was a link to the gentoo forum (thread)
> where I read users were/are having the exact opposite results. They were
> getting much better results with the 64-bit.
>
> I think at the end this becomes one big debate, just like comparing AMD
> MHz and Intel MHz.
> My reasoning on whether to compile in a 64-bit environment, or a 32 is
> quite simple: if you don't want to "hasle" (which so far has not been as
> emerge sorts out everything it seems for you) of sometimes letting
> gentoo do tricks for you to run 32 bit programs with a second set of
> 32-bit libs etc, then just stick with 32 all the way.
> If you want to be stubborn (like me) and use your computer like it's
> "supposed to be", and with a scense of adventure, use 64-bit. At the end
> of the day I can say "hey guys, I'm running a 64-bit OS" ;-)
>
>

My notebook (HP zd8000) has the P4 with 64 bit extensions or emulation
or whatever it is called.  I am curious about the 64 bit OS's, but
really have no idea whether there is any advantage whatsever except for
the experience of using such a system.  I do however, use Complex-128
variables in Numeric Python.  But since my cpu is under some sort of
emulation, I don't know if anything would run faster.  Maybe I just
have to try it to find out.

Rob.

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