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Re: [opensuse] 64 bit vrs 32 bit advantages speed etc.
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:09:30 -0700
- Message-id: <200710301509.30770.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
On Tuesday 30 October 2007 15:02, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Eh? We're talking about whether to run a 32-bit or a 64-bit OS (and
applications) on a given system. There's only one bus. Even when
running in 32-bit mode, the same cache, FSB and RAM data paths are
active and they're still all 64 bits wide.
Randall Schulz
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* Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx> [10-30-07 17:51]:
Jan's points have little to do with mine. Move twice as much data
to perform a given task with the same bus and memory hardware will
take twice as long.
but it's not the same bus
Eh? We're talking about whether to run a 32-bit or a 64-bit OS (and
applications) on a given system. There's only one bus. Even when
running in 32-bit mode, the same cache, FSB and RAM data paths are
active and they're still all 64 bits wide.
...
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Patrick Shanahan
Randall Schulz
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