You'll have a MUCH easier time implimenting an AMD, because it'll run 32 ot 64 bit code equally well right out of the box. Much like the 32 bit systems, there won't be much difference other than that once you ignore the marketing fluff.
I'd advise against RH. If you need paid support, look at Suse. If not, Gentoo rules, and more and more people on this list are using it. To me, the biggest driver for 64 bit processing is RAM. You can address TONS of ram with a 64 bit processor. 32 bit processors can't address enough without ugly workarounds. It'll be a while (18 months I'd guess) before most software will see any real advantage of 64 Processing. But if you can load a terabyte database into RAM, processing times will be HUGELY improved over continually hitting HDDs. But then, if you're doing 3D CAD work, or similar, you'll likely see a decient improvement. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Rafael S�nchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:26 PM Subject: (clug-talk) 64bits systems - Opinions, views, findings, experiences, etc... > > Hi Guys, > > I'm on a mission to investigate the new 64bit capable hardware; cpu, > etc. I've been reading about the Intel Itanium and the Amd opteron and > was wondering what your feeling are regarding the industry that drives > these two processors, as well as the status with linux (red hat) and > these new processors? > > Thanks for your thoughts. > Rafael. > -- > +---------------------- > | J. Rafael S�nchez > | Information Systems > +---------------------- > | ITRES Research Limited > +---------------------- > | (P) 403.250.9944 > | (F) 403.250.9916 > +---------------------- > > >
