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Date:      Fri, 13 May 2005 06:23:19 +0200
From:      Uwe Laverenz <uwe@laverenz.de>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Actual benefits of amd64 over i386
Message-ID:  <20050513042319.GB2442@laverenz.de>
In-Reply-To: <BEA97082.3CD55%michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com>
References:  <BEA97082.3CD55%michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com>

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On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:43:46PM +0100, Michael Hopkins wrote:

> Can I ask for honest opinions here on what speed (or other?) benefits I
> should get by running amd64 over i386?  I will never be using more than

I switched back from amd64 to i386 and made a simple test with "time
portsdb -Uu". Result: FreeBSD-i386 runs faster on the same machine so I
don't think there are any drawbacks compared to amd64.

cu,
Uwe



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