This is not really true. When running in 64-bit mode, the cache is effectively halved.
It's no accident that higher-end Conroe processors have 2MB of cache. On a given CPU with a given amount of cache, 32-bit mode will GENERALLY be faster so long as you're not using PAE, it's all cache-dependent. We're talking 10% at most though. 64-bit is really useful if you're manipulating huge amounts of RAM (>2GB) with something like TimesTen In-Memory Database or Oracle Database. Most other applications can run OK even in 32-bit mode, the really big apps (like Oracle...) can use the PAE extension to address up to 64GB of RAM even on 32-bit systems, with a performance hit of course. On Nov 27, 2007 2:15 PM, Dax Solomon Umaming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .. > 64-bit computers process data in larger chunks than 32-bit - so everything > comes into place, not just the amount of memory that you have installed. This > will also depend on the software you're running. If it's 64-bit, then it'll > perform much much faster even if compared on a 32-bit machine with more ram > and faster cpu. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
