6 Jan
2009
6 Jan
'09
17:00
Rui Santos wrote:
What would really be a showstopper was to buy extra RAM to get the same performance just to use 64bits architecture.
There is no way around that - as a rule of thumb, a 64bit system will use up to twice the amount of RAM of the equivalent 32bit system. Every pointer and every integer is twice the size.
I also found contradicting information on 64bits vs 32bits. Bottom line, if I can get a performance boost of 10-20% just for running 64bits, I'll go for it.
Is your software CPU bound? If not, you'll never get anywhere 10%. /Per -- /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org