7 Sep
2006
7 Sep
'06
17:00
I'm still not really sure why 64 bit is faster but I would certainly recommend it having compared both. In addition to the linear memory model, and the use of 64-bit integers and
On Thursday 07 September 2006 2:42 am, Primm wrote:
pointers, there are now 16 128-bit XMM registers (8 in legacy 32-bit).
In 32-bit mode there are only 8 general purpose 32-bit registers where in
64-bit mode there are 16 64-bit registers. But, it is really the media
instructions that appear to be giving you the big win.
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Jerry Feldman