>>> Beyond that, is there any other advantage(s) to using a x64 OS other >>> than RAM access beyond 4gb? Is there any 32 bit OS performance >>> degradation when installed on a x64 machine? >>> >> >> audio applications benefit from the increased number of available >> registers ... e.g. biquad filters can be computed entirely in registers >> without moving temporal data to the stack ... >> with my performance system (combination of supercollider and nova), i >> experienced a speedup of about 30%, when switching from an ia32 to an >> x86_64 system ... >> > > Tim, > > I dont know anything about how this works personally but recall seeing > comments that possibly referred to this; > > that an application has to be coded specifically to take advantage of > the 64bit system advantages? not really ... having more registers makes it easier for the compiler to generate efficient code ... the application doesn't need to be adapted ... tim -- tim@xxxxxxxxxx http://tim.klingt.org After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager." William S. Burroughs
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