> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mark Knecht wrote: > | On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Dan Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > | It's an interesting question and one I've not tried to test. Does an > | AMD64 machine running a 32-bit or 64-bit install run faster or slower > | with one or the other. For all of my everyday work - Gnome, Firefox, > | web browsing, email, MythTV, etc., it's been my assumption that there > | wouldn't be any noticeble difference. I run 64-bit but assume I'd run > | at more or less the same speed if I ran 32-bit. I may be wrong. Anyone > | have any measured data? Same machine, two installs? > > I have a few numbers from genlop -t > > *32-bit* > > ~ * www-client/mozilla-firefox > ~ Sat Dec 29 00:35:39 2007 >>> www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.11 > ~ merge time: 11 minutes and 30 seconds. > > ~ Sat Feb 9 12:43:52 2008 >>> www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.12 > ~ merge time: 10 minutes and 44 seconds. > > ~ * mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird > ~ Sat Aug 4 13:25:28 2007 >>> mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.6 > ~ merge time: 18 minutes and 49 seconds. > > ~ Fri Nov 23 12:57:01 2007 >>> mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.9 > ~ merge time: 10 minutes and 37 seconds. > > ~ * kde-base/kdelibs > ~ Sat Dec 29 09:31:18 2007 >>> kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.7-r3 > ~ merge time: 18 minutes and 56 seconds. > > ~ Sat Dec 29 11:07:40 2007 >>> kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.7-r3 > ~ merge time: 19 minutes and 37 seconds. > > ~ Wed Jan 30 20:38:52 2008 >>> kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r3 > ~ merge time: 18 minutes and 19 seconds. > > ~ Tue Feb 26 20:16:28 2008 >>> kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r3 > ~ merge time: 21 minutes and 38 seconds. > > * app-office/openoffice > ~ Fri Nov 23 19:14:12 2007 >>> app-office/openoffice-2.3.0 > ~ merge time: 1 hour and 48 seconds. > > ~ Sat Dec 29 01:35:35 2007 >>> app-office/openoffice-2.3.1 > ~ merge time: 59 minutes and 56 seconds. > > ~ Tue Feb 5 11:51:26 2008 >>> app-office/openoffice-2.3.1-r1 > ~ merge time: 1 hour, 4 minutes and 28 seconds. > > > *64-bit* > > * www-client/mozilla-firefox > ~ Tue Jan 1 14:14:50 2008 >>> www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.11 > ~ merge time: 8 minutes and 43 seconds. > > ~ Wed Feb 20 21:39:03 2008 >>> www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.12 > ~ merge time: 8 minutes and 39 seconds. > > * mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird > ~ Tue Jan 1 14:25:01 2008 >>> mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.9 > ~ merge time: 9 minutes and 9 seconds. > > ~ Sun Mar 9 01:22:43 2008 >>> mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.12 > ~ merge time: 8 minutes and 2 seconds. > > * kde-base/kdelibs > ~ Tue Jan 1 11:04:37 2008 >>> kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.7-r3 > ~ merge time: 16 minutes and 47 seconds. > > ~ Wed Feb 20 22:01:22 2008 >>> kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r3 > ~ merge time: 18 minutes and 12 seconds. > > * app-office/openoffice > ~ Fri Mar 14 21:23:57 2008 >>> app-office/openoffice-2.3.1-r1 > ~ merge time: 48 minutes and 45 seconds. > > These times are from the same machine: > abit ip35 pro, c2quad q6600 (2.4ghz), 4gb ram, (320+320) sataII raid0 > (155-MB/s) > > - -- > Filipe Sousa > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFH2wABbQdNYqwwwCwRAvWsAKCSjwXXHIT2agHd7Hh+7ZwaTOzQeQCdG1Ctol > M29wU4QkWfsgkRO1jgipuKw= > =5cd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
My advice is not to use it yet. I thought 64-bit computers could bring in a whole new dimension into the computing world. going from 16 to 32 bits was a significant improvement in terms of applications and what you can do at a given time. You can see the big difference in Operating systems and programs of various application going from 16 to 32. This 64-bit and even dual-core thing has still to bear fruit -- at least for me. It's not faster by any noticeable difference and most applications are not optimized for it. I won't switch until I know I can gain a major advantage utilizing this technology.I have 2gigs of ram and still have yet to use more than 200M at anytime. So, why do I need 8 gigs of memory or more. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
