On Friday 20 October 2006 23:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It's like clock work. Someone new askes every week. > > > > Unfortunately Adam, VALVe's "official" stance right now is to not answer > > any questions regarding 64-bit. The last time we really heard anything > > the response was "When its ready." I think the last time (We've heard it > > a lot) was 6-7 months ago. > > > >> Hello, > >> I have a question specifically for the Valve team. > >> What are the specifics on the 64bit HLDS and 64bit Srcds supporting > >> Vac2(hlds) and a 64bit install for Srcds. Is there a time frame for > >> these? The future is 64bit and I think its time to finish srcds with > >> CPU/Memory execution/usage fixes and a 64bit version for linux as > >> possibly well for Windows. > >> Thanks, > >> Adam - CEO > >> Next-Generation Game Servers > >> NextGenServers.com > > This may be a dumb question, but please tell me ... > What benefit would there be if I ran a 64bit version instead of a > 32bit version? > > Jeff Love > Burgh Gaming > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
There are only two advantages of a 64bit version, the first of which is negligable, support for servers addressing 4 or more gb of ram, the second, and greatest advantage of the 64bit architechture, is the doubling of registers in the x86 vs x86-64 instruction sets, this alone leads to more efficient code and is the primary advantage of the 64bit architechture performance wise, as was trumpeted by valves original announcement of 64bit support when the opteron was released, however since this initial enthusiasm it appears that valve have forgotten about the 30%+ speed improvement they claimed of the 64bit architechture with a simple recompilation, no optimisations! as such we just have to wait until they can be bothered to release a fresh compile of the code for our shiny new servers. o thats right, even intel have viable x86-64 cpus these days, its just another sign of valve's lackadaisical approach to supporting their paying customers, and the vibrant community thats grown around their products inspite of their efforts. just my personal two cents worth. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
