On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:00:24 +0100 Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. -- ------------------ http://home.comcast.net/~europa100 A SETI-like Search for Intelligent Life in Central Pa. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
