On Sunday 15 February 2004 10:08 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday 14 February 2004 11:15 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > I will want to be looking to construct afresh. Whats > > your thinking about 64 bit architecture. I read > > recently AMD have a chip that runs both 32 and 64bit > > though I don't know what mobos will suit. Will Mandrake > > keep up with this developement ? Will anyone be > > shipping OS's for 64 bit by this time next year? > > There's already 64bit OS's includin Mandrake. You'll > need somebody else to comment tho. I'm not interested in > 64bit at this time. I think until there's a > preponderance of software ported to 64bit, you're better > off with 32bit hardware. > > > I just don't have enough time to do the searching for > > equipement and such like, tend to leave > > that to others, and take advice, > > I'm afraid you'll need to do some of your own > research. As I said before, to settle on a board that > fits your requirements. As Charles' reply to this thread > points out, 3d/acell for KT600 chipsets is a Linux > (kernel) problem. Doesn't affect me cause I avoid closed > source proprietary drivers. Actually there's a whole > lot'a hardware that's goin to be a problem for a while > with 2.6.x kernels and closed source drivers and > software. Do you really actually gain anything with 64 bit? 32 bit is fast, and 64 bit can claim to be faster, but you're still executing larger instructions. It may be doing it faster, but the instruction is still larger, so is their actually a noticeable speed increase? I doubt most people who are running off to buy these have any clue what the hell they are talking about lol. This being faster is just like using the analogy for a road. The speed limit may be 64, but how many lanes does it have? Remember, a road with a smaller speed limit but more lanes will out perform as long as the speed limit isn't a LOT lower ;)
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