On Jan 21 2007 11:03, J Sloan wrote: >Randall R Schulz wrote: >> On Sunday 21 January 2007 09:44, J Sloan wrote: >>> ... >>> >>> 32-bit suse can run on x86_64, but not ia64. It's unlikely that you >>> have ia64 hardware, so the answer is most likely yes. >>> >>> Just curious why you'd want to do that though. >> >> Possible reasons: >> >> 1) Fewer problems with plug-ins. >> 2) Better performance for many applications or classes of applications. > >1. My x86_64 installs defaulted to 32bit browsers, ergo no plugin problems. > >2. On my main workstation, glxgears got 10,000 frames/sec with the x86_64 >install, and 7,000 frames/sec with the i386 install, a noticeable difference.
I repeat it again: glxgears is *NOT* an appropriate benchmark. And I doubt 3000 frames/sec really make a difference since humans don't notice any improvement above 70 fps. >Being able to move memory around in bigger chunks can really help things like >database performance too. *Having* to move data around in bigger chunks might >not be as helpful for some scenarios, but I can't think of any. Got a specific >example? Quite all libc functions profit from it, memcpy using rep movsq as a prime example. -`J' -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]