On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:03 PM, John Andersen
Yes it is 64bit capable, but AMD sort of beats around the bush on that subject. I think there is some sort of kludge in that line of processors. It will/should work with either the 32bit or 64bit version of opensuse. For that machine, I'm not convinced you would gain anything by >going to the 64bit version.
ALL AMD chips since the Athlon64(k8 architecture) came out are 64bit. All 939/940/AM2(+)/AM3(+)/1207/G32/G34 chips are 64bit. There were a couple semprons and atlhons on the 754 socket that had the 64bit side disabled. Speed is a relative thing. I find 64bit to be stable on my E1200(100% overclocked) and I've found speed improvements in video encoding over 32bit(however, since it's been fully 64bit for 3 years I can't remember the exact results....). The big issue with 64bit is Flashplayer(there is a 64bit beta that works fine) and 64bit java. I've yet to have an issue compiling anything on this system. I DO have Wine installed, but I rarely use it. Running 32bit programs on 64bit probably wastes cache space since you are storing a 32bit code in a 64bit system. 64bit isn't really an issue on Linux like it is on Windows or OS X since most programs have been ported/compiled for 64bit for a long time. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org