On 2009-05-13 (Wednesday) 18:23:07 imatechguy wrote: > I've recently gotten the urge to start playing around with some 64-bit > distros. > ... > My dilemma is that the apps I use WINE for (Games) are all 32-bit, which > leaves me to wonder how effectively used the extra memory will be utilized, > by both the OS and WINE. 64-bit Linux will use all available memory in your computer very well. You can expect much better performance after adding more memory if now you are using swap. Run "top" to see how much swap you are using; if more than 0 then adding more memory to your computer is good idea and you can expect better performance. Even if you have zero swap usage additional memory can be used by Linux for caching and buffers to improve performance. However, 64-bit Linux kernel or Wine can't do anything to remove 32-bit limitations from 32-bit applications (vitamin already explained these limitations to you).
