Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-27 Thread Drew
But besides that - my AMD64 3000+ just rocks. I had definitely much more problems with 64-bit XP, but since getting rid of it (XP not problems) I am fully 64-bit positive :D Getting a bit Off-Topic but I'm extremely disappointed with XP x64. I upgraded from Pro (32) thinking I'd basically get

Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-26 Thread Grant
You'll only notice a speed increase with applications that need to caculate very large numbers, like encryption keys and certain scientific apps. Everything else will basically run just as fast in 32-bit mode as it will in 64-bit. There are exceptions in certain media encoders that don't

[gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-18 Thread Grant
I'm putting together a new system and I'm considering going 64-bit. Is the benefit of such a system pretty much speed? What are the drawbacks of using a 64-bit system with Gentoo? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-18 Thread Rafael Barrera Oro
Grant wrote: I'm putting together a new system and I'm considering going 64-bit. Is the benefit of such a system pretty much speed? What are the drawbacks of using a 64-bit system with Gentoo? - Grant Some stuff is not available for the 64 bit arch, for example you have to use a 32 bit

Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-18 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm putting together a new system and I'm considering going 64-bit. Is the benefit of such a system pretty much speed? What are the drawbacks of using a 64-bit system with Gentoo? None if you don't need Flash. On the other hand, I needed and used integers 32

Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-18 Thread Richard Fish
On 9/18/06, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm putting together a new system and I'm considering going 64-bit. Is the benefit of such a system pretty much speed? What are the drawbacks of using a 64-bit system with Gentoo? You'll only notice a speed increase with applications that need to

Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-18 Thread Grant
I'm putting together a new system and I'm considering going 64-bit. Is the benefit of such a system pretty much speed? What are the drawbacks of using a 64-bit system with Gentoo? You'll only notice a speed increase with applications that need to caculate very large numbers, like encryption

Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-18 Thread Gian Domeni Calgeer
Am Montag, 18. September 2006 16:18 schrieb Grant: I'm putting together a new system and I'm considering going 64-bit. Is the benefit of such a system pretty much speed? What are the drawbacks of using a 64-bit system with Gentoo? - Grant Hi I have a 32 bit version and a 64 bit version of

Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-18 Thread Drew
As for speed: boy, those new processors (an amd 3800 x2 in my case) are fast... as are their 32 bits equivalent. Considering the 3800+ x2 (ditto here) runs at a real speed of 2GHz vs the 1.8GHz my old Athlon XPm2500+ did in stock configuation, I'd say so. Of course tweak the XPm to a real

Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system?

2006-09-18 Thread Pawel Kraszewski
Dnia poniedziałek, 18 września 2006 17:49, Richard Fish napisał: You'll only notice a speed increase with applications that need to caculate very large numbers, like encryption keys and certain scientific apps. Everything else will basically run just as fast in 32-bit mode as it will in