64 bit cpu

[Robert F. Stockdale IV]

My daughters machine is as fast if not faster than my dual Athlon 
1800mp+. We both have 1 gig of ram but where mine beats hers is disk I/O 
as I run dual Ultra 320 and she has a single IDE drive.
Bob

Dave Andruczyk wrote:
> 
> --- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Just curious if anyone is running any 64 bit
>>processors sing Linux distros. I have been noticing
>>that the mobos /cpu prices are reasonable to buy. Are
>>there any special configs I need to do when loading?
>>How well to the apps run? Just looking for answer.. 
> 
> 
> I've ran linux on Sun UltraSparc's for the past couple years,  those are 64
> bit, and have ran it just fine.  Beware that 64 bit doesn't really give you
> much except REALLY REALLY big access to lots of memory (that most boards can't
> house anyways), thus 64 bit boxen are more suited to massive (terabytye+
> databases) or huge scientific calculations.
> 
> I'd say save your money and get a dual processor box instead. That extra CPU
> makes a huge diff when you tend to run lots of CPU intensive calcs (video
> encoding, compiling, games, etc...
> 
> I've had a dual proc machine ever since a Dual Pentium pro 200 and will never
> go back to a single CPU box ( aside from laptops) it's amazing how much faster
> a dualie can feel compared to a much faster single cpu machine.  My current box
> is an aging Dual Athlon 1.2Ghz and still feels screaming fast, so I feel no
> pressing need to go for the latest 3+ Ghz 64 bit machine as what's it going to
> gain me?.  I don't run terabyte sized DB;s or massive scientific calcs,  and
> some games don't work on the 64 bit platforms. (some OpengL drivers, like
> nvidia's aren't as full featured and stable yet on 64 bit arch's too)
> 
> 
> 
> Dave J. Andruczyk
> 
> 
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