-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > So, there has been a lot of discussion and information about this issue. I > am presently burning the DVD, might buy another 2 GB of RAM, and am about > to commence installing the x86_64 version of F11alpha to a spare partition. > > Now, I have another question, having arisen out of this discussion (and not > precluding others that could easily arise, once I have a running system): > > As memory requirements for 64-bit are anywhere from 50-100% greater and > the only appreciable difference is a "psychological" performance boost, what > REAL benefit is there, actually? > > 64bit processors generally have more registers to work with, so you can get 10-20% speed increases when the compiler takes advantage of them, and I believe gcc does. Kevin - -- Get my public GnuPG key from http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7D0BD5D1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Remi - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm1Zf8ACgkQ6w2kMH0L1dGttACgjikiFfFz2kY00WnGoMzkDcbh fwUAn2DqGuOOayuH17LnwCZvCkhLtnd2 =ibMx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
