Re: 36 or 64 bit?

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On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 00:11 +0000, Andy Blanchard wrote:
> I'd boot the 32bit LiveCD version and if it sorts your problems out,
> then go ahead and install it, at least until you know your issues with
> the 64bit version are fixed.
> 
> The idea that 64bit performs better than 32bit is a bit of a fallacy
> anyway.  There are some advantages, but generally they only come into
> play when dealing with more than 2GB of mapped memory, doing lots of
> math or manipulating large chunks of data that can be processed 64
> bits at a time instead of 32.  For a general purpose desktop or
> laptop, you'll probably not really notice much benefit most of the
> time and the executables are all slightly larger too.
> 

No it isn't.  In 32 bits mode the processor only has a paltry eight
registers and in addition it is limited to a brain damaged stack model
for floating point.  In 64 bits  it has sixteen registers and possibly,
not sure about it, a healthier floating point model.

So out of curiosity I converted flac to ogg in both modes and it is 30%
faster in 64 bits


 	ahe
> -- 
> Andy
> 
> The only person to have all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe
> 

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