Should I move to amd64 ?
I am currently using a 9.1-RELEASE with an i386 install. The hardware is a core 2 duo with 2 GB of RAM. My video card is an ati radeon hd 2400 xt. Things work fine. Would I gain anything by starting over and doing an AMD64 install or would that be a bad idea? Would my system perform better, worse, or the same after the change? I may eventually bring the memory up to 4GB, but not anytime soon. I understand some ports my not work - like WINE - but I do not use WINE. Would there be other problems? -- Michael Gass mg...@csbsju.edu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Should I move to amd64 ?
I am currently using a 9.1-RELEASE with an i386 install. The hardware is a core 2 duo with 2 GB of RAM. My video card is an ati radeon hd 2400 xt. Things work fine. Would I gain anything by starting over and doing an AMD64 install or would that be a bad idea? Would my system perform better, worse, or the same after the change? I may eventually bring the memory up to 4GB, but not anytime soon. I understand some ports my not work - like WINE - but I do not use WINE. Would there be other problems? -- Michael Gass mg...@csbsju.edu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Should I move to amd64 ?
Given your description, no you should not move. On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Michael Gass mg...@csbsju.edu wrote: I am currently using a 9.1-RELEASE with an i386 install. The hardware is a core 2 duo with 2 GB of RAM. My video card is an ati radeon hd 2400 xt. Things work fine. Would I gain anything by starting over and doing an AMD64 install or would that be a bad idea? Would my system perform better, worse, or the same after the change? I may eventually bring the memory up to 4GB, but not anytime soon. I understand some ports my not work - like WINE - but I do not use WINE. Would there be other problems? -- Michael Gass mg...@csbsju.edu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Should I move to amd64 ?
Hi-- On May 30, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Michael Gass mg...@csbsju.edu wrote: I am currently using a 9.1-RELEASE with an i386 install. The hardware is a core 2 duo with 2 GB of RAM. My video card is an ati radeon hd 2400 xt. Things work fine. Would I gain anything by starting over and doing an AMD64 install or would that be a bad idea? Would my system perform better, worse, or the same after the change? I may eventually bring the memory up to 4GB, but not anytime soon. For machines with less than 4GB of RAM, running 32-bit version is probably wise; 32-bit processes use memory more efficiently compared with 64-bit mode. For some math-intensive workloads like SSL/crypto, audio/video transcoding, and such, there is likely to be significant improvement in 64-bit mode compared with running in 32-bit mode. For most other workloads, you're not likely to notice a difference. I understand some ports my not work - like WINE - but I do not use WINE. Would there be other problems? Nope, or at least not in general; AMD64 is very stable nowadays. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
