[CentOS] 32bit versus 64bit memory usage?

Feizhou feizhou at graffiti.net
Tue Aug 29 02:34:10 UTC 2006


Christian Nygaard wrote:
> I'm planning for new Centos 4 computers using the 64bit distribution and 
> is wondering
> if there is a difference on how much RAM memory you should use on a 
> 32bit versus
> 64bit operating system?

there is no difference in how much RAM memory you should use but if you 
are going to get a box with more than 1GB of RAM (I think it is 1G...) 
using AMD's (note Intel: EMT64 cpus don't count) cpus will give you 
better memory performance.



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