Ah good point... Wasn't thinking in those terms... Well clearly wasn't thinking at all ;) On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> I have a really silly question... but just want to ask... >> >> I have one box on my home network that is x86_64 capable... My other >> boxes are all i386. As this x86_64 machine can, at most, house 4 GB of >> RAM (currently only has 1 GB) - is there any advantage to my running >> x86_64 on that machine instead of i386... Long story as to why I am >> asking - but before I go off and moveit down to i386 - just wanted some >> opinions :) > > Short answer: yes. > > Longer answer: every single move, down at the machine/assembly level, can > move twice as many bits as on a 32-bit system. That will show up as a very > serious speed increase in your software. > > mark "why you should *always* have an assembler course" > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Scot P. Floess 27 Lake Royale Louisburg, NC 27549 252-478-8087 (Home) 919-890-8117 (Work) Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros