Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-12 Thread Kevin Kofler
Wendell Nichols wrote: > The main problem is the lack (for the moment) of a generally available > 64 bit java plugin for firefox. This has just in the last few weeks > been made available IcedTea has shipped with a 64-bit plugin for a while so... > but because it was unavailable for so long many

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-12 Thread Wendell Nichols
Sharpe, Sam J wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 22:40 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:45:26 +0800 > Meng Qiu wrote: > >> The "gears" for my GeForce4 MX440 on F10 is about 1700 FPS. >> But the number for my HD1950pro on F11(pre) is never up to 100 FPS! > 7

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-12 Thread Sharpe, Sam J
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 22:40 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:45:26 +0800 > Meng Qiu wrote: > >> The "gears" for my GeForce4 MX440 on F10 is about 1700 FPS. >> But the number for my HD1950pro on F11(pre) is never up to 100 FPS! > 7074 frames in 5.0 second

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-12 Thread Kevin Kofler
Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:45:26 +0800 > Meng Qiu wrote: > >> The "gears" for my GeForce4 MX440 on F10 is about 1700 FPS. >> But the number for my HD1950pro on F11(pre) is never up to 100 FPS! > > 7074 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1414.687 FPS > 7103 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1420.448 FP

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-12 Thread Kevin Kofler
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > That's on an Intel mobo with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo and 4GB of RAM, using the > *onboard* 82Q963/Q965 graphics chip. So either glxgears isn't a very > representative benchmark, or installing one of these graphics cards is a > waste of time. I'm not sure which. Well, the GM9

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 22:40 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:45:26 +0800 > Meng Qiu wrote: > > > The "gears" for my GeForce4 MX440 on F10 is about 1700 FPS. > > But the number for my HD1950pro on F11(pre) is never up to 100 FPS! > > 7074 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1414.687 FPS > 7103

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:45:26 +0800 Meng Qiu wrote: > The "gears" for my GeForce4 MX440 on F10 is about 1700 FPS. > But the number for my HD1950pro on F11(pre) is never up to 100 FPS! 7074 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1414.687 FPS 7103 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1420.448 FPS 7102 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Meng Qiu
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 11:26 +0800, Meng Qiu wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Petrus de Calguarium > > wrote: > > David Hláčik wrote: > > > Will this sacrifice me ;)? > > > David > > I cannot

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 11:26 +0800, Meng Qiu wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Petrus de Calguarium > wrote: > David Hláčik wrote: > > Will this sacrifice me ;)? > > David > I cannot comment on the suitability of your graphic card or > your int

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Meng Qiu
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > David Hláčik wrote: > > Will this sacrifice me ;)? > > David > I cannot comment on the suitability of your graphic card or your intended > use of the system, nor do I know exactly how your T5550 @1,83Ghz, 4GB > DDR2 compares to my Cor

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
David Hláčik wrote: > Will this sacrifice me ;)? > David I cannot comment on the suitability of your graphic card or your intended use of the system, nor do I know exactly how your T5550 @1,83Ghz, 4GB DDR2 compares to my Core 2 Duo E6320 @1,86Ghz, 4GB DDR2, but I switched in the last 2 days and

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Kevin Kofler
David Hláčik wrote: > Intel Core Duo T5550 @1,83Ghz The T5550 is actually a Core 2 Duo, not a Core Duo. This is important because only the Core 2 series support x86_64. (So yes, the T5550 supports 64-bit operation and that's what I recommend using.) Kevin Kofler -- fedora-list mailing l

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:08:33 +0800 萌邱 wrote: > Just ONLY for your ATI card, the 32bit version is better. > The driver for ATI, especially for Linux 64bit, is very poor! I have an ATI card in my main desktop computer (this one) and F10 is the first Fedora version that I have been able to use my wi

Re: [SPAM]Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Mark Haney
萌邱 wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:56 PM, David Hláčik wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> sorry for opening this neverending story again. >> >> I am about to reinstall Fedora 10 on my laptop. >> >> Asus F3Sr, ATI, 230GB disk 5400rpm, Intel Core Duo T5550 @1,83Ghz, 4GB DDR2 >> Ram >> >> I was using all

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread Mark Haney
David Hláčik wrote: > Hi guys, > > sorry for opening this neverending story again. > > I am about to reinstall Fedora 10 on my laptop. > > Asus F3Sr, ATI, 230GB disk 5400rpm, Intel Core Duo T5550 @1,83Ghz, 4GB > DDR2 Ram > > I was using all the time only 32bit version here all the time (with >

Re: 64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread 萌邱
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:56 PM, David Hláčik wrote: > Hi guys, > > sorry for opening this neverending story again. > > I am about to reinstall Fedora 10 on my laptop. > > Asus F3Sr, ATI, 230GB disk 5400rpm, Intel Core Duo T5550 @1,83Ghz, 4GB DDR2 > Ram > > I was using all the time only 32bit ver

64bit or 32bit for my laptop

2009-03-11 Thread David Hláčik
Hi guys, sorry for opening this neverending story again. I am about to reinstall Fedora 10 on my laptop. Asus F3Sr, ATI, 230GB disk 5400rpm, Intel Core Duo T5550 @1,83Ghz, 4GB DDR2 Ram I was using all the time only 32bit version here all the time (with kernel-pae). My question is , should