On Sunday 20 February 2005 22:07, gentoo-user wrote: > I'm getting a server with Intel Xeon CPUs that support EM64T (Intel's > version of AMD64). Would you recommend sticking with i686 compile options > for a production-level server? What are the benefits of compiling with > 64-bit support? Is the speed difference (if any) worth the potential loss > of stability?
From what I've heard, Intel's x86_64 CPUs really are just x86 with added 64-bit emulation on the chip. 64-bit code therefore runs slower, etc... Might want to confirm it from someone who actually has one, though. -- Luke-Jr Developer, Utopios http://utopios.org/ -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
