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 Feb 24 2005, 11:19 AM
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http://arstechnica.com/cpu/03q1/x86-64/x86-64-5.html amd site says they add peforemance. questin...whats the difference??? if all the programms out there can be expressed with the amount of integers in 32 processors...why a jump to 64? is there any true performance enhancement? article said something like the processor gets more strained when running in 32 bit mode cause i dunno...dunno wthh it was talkin about there. My buddy says no enhancement on 32 bit progs [none really have reached mroe than 4 g free space] but it would enhance 64 bit progs. anyone wanna give this a shot? links would be good too. thanks. |
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Feb 24 2005, 12:33 PM
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 Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,461 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
The 64bit architecture allows you to bypass the 4gb barrier that is in place right now so that is a huge advantage for servers or workstations that need to use intensive applications.
Also 64 bit processors can handle twice as many bits of information in one cpu cycle than a 32 bit processor can. This increases performance. There have though been reports of 32 bit software incompatibilities, so beware. -------------------- Lawrence
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