On Thu, May 24, 2007 12:38 pm, Denis wrote: > My aim is to build a fast, stable system for my > computations, which ultimately brought me to another major decision: > 32-bit or 64-bit... I run simulations which I write in C and > numerical computations which I run in Mathematica (which has just > released the 64-bit version). Would a 64-bit system significantly > benefit these applications?
If you are using a lot of memory in your computations, then the 64-bit environment will be much friendlier to you :) Also, if I understand correctly, you will get higher precision on floating point calculations (someone correct me if I am wrong here!) I also believe that the 64 bit processors are able to perform more instructions per second on average when executing 64 bit code vs. 32 bit code if I am not mistaken... -- Randy Barlow http://www.electronsweatshop.com "Oh me of little faith..." -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
