That is funny because in the Valve press release over 3 years ago announcing 64bit support they were showing over 30% cpu savings in their tests. - and most of us see more than that now.
"In a straight port of code highly optimized for x86-32, Counter-Strike dedicated server tests with both 32- and 64-bit versions revealed a 30% clock-for-clock gain, and is expected to show further performance gains in future upgrades." The whole press release is below. However, for some unknown reason they stopped supporting 64bit servers in June 2005 when they released VAC2 without 64bit support. VALVE ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR UPCOMING AMD OPTERON(tm) PROCESSOR 64-bit Counter-Strike Linux Server Provides Performance Gain for World's #1 Online Action Game San Jose, Calif. - March 6, 2003 - Valve, L.L.C., creators of Counter-Strike and Half-Life, today announced immediate availability of a 64-bit version of the Counter-Strike dedicated server using the upcoming AMD OpteronTM processor. Counter-Strike has the largest service footprint of any game on the Internet, with 35,000 servers generating over 4.5 billion player minutes per month. "These server operators are extremely sophisticated, and were some of the earliest adopters of Linux," said Gabe Newell, Valve managing director. "We expect them to be leading-edge adopters of the AMD64 platform. AMD's approach to 64-bit computing looked great on paper, and it's nice to see that with real processors and development tools that it fulfills that promise. Every PC developer should be looking to get their server code and development tools running in 64-bits right away." In a straight port of code highly optimized for x86-32, Counter-Strike dedicated server tests with both 32- and 64-bit versions revealed a 30% clock-for-clock gain, and is expected to show further performance gains in future upgrades. "Valve Counter-Strike servers with 64-bit computing can offer customers a better overall gaming experience, and AMD processors will enable this performance boost," said Barry Crume, director of server segment product marketing, Computational Products Group, AMD. "With 64-bit dedicated servers using AMD Opteron processors, Valve will offer online gamers increased reliability, improved stability and greater throughput." About Valve Founded in 1996, Valve develops entertainment software titles such as Half-Life, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike. Half-Life, Valve's debut title, was first released in November 1998 and has won over 50 Game of the Year Awards, was named "Best Game of Ever" by PC Gamer. Valve's portfolio accounts for over 8 million retail units sold worldwide, and over 88% of the online action market. More information about Valve is available through the company's Web site at www.valvesoftware.com. ----- Original Message ---- From: Stuart Stegall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:12:09 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] VAC2 implementation for 64-bit binaries, status? Just ignore me. I was answering 4 different questions at the same time. (though honestly Valve has no reason to support 64bit binaries at this time.) Stuart Stegall wrote: > 64bit binaries don't really provide any benefit unless you are dealing > with some 64 bit floats or integers. (It would help not using the lib32 > libraries, but this really isn't a Valve problem) > > Hans Vos wrote: >> VALVE, >> >> Do you have any information regarding the implementation of VAC2 for the >> AMD64 binaries for Half-Life Dedicated Server? It is my understanding >> that the number of 64-bit servers used, both AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 >> based, is increasing exponentially. We only use AMD Opteron based >> servers for hosting our game servers and it would be greatly appreciated >> if we could use the processing power of the AMD Opteron platform to its >> fullest extent. Is there a timetable for the release of the new 64-bit >> binaries, or is this not a priority for VALVE? >> >> Thank you for your reply. >> >> -- >> Kind regards, >> >> Hans Vos >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
