On Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:51, John Andersen wrote:
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru)
wrote: Hi !
I have PC box with Core 2 Quad, P35 chipset and 4 GB of RAM (2+2 GB) with 32-bit OpenSuSE 10.3 and kernel-default installed.
Why did you do that?
The proper kernel for that machine is the x86_64, NOT 32 bit.
These processors work just fine in 32-bit mode and support PAE in that mode.
It will give access to all your memory and about a 20 to 30% speed boost with a typical mix of software.
As we've been through this before, I'll just say that this is by no means the fact John presents it to be. A better rule of thumb is never run a 64-bit processor for tasks that don't require the address space it affords. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org