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Date:      Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:49:36 +0200
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org>
To:        alecn2002@yandex.ru
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fw: To amd64 or not to amd64? 
Message-ID:  <200610111149.k9BBnaxm001133@peedub.jennejohn.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from "alecn2002" <alecn2002@yandex.ru> of "Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:28:54 %2B0400." <452C0286.000005.20759@pantene.yandex.ru> 

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"alecn2002" writes:
> The question is: will I have any benefits if I'll move to amd64 system, or it
> 's safer and better to stay with i386 arch?
> 
[snip]
> Problem-free operation and stability have precedense for me over system speed
> 

The only real advantage of 64-bit over 32-bit is that you can put more than
4 GB of RAM into the box. If you don't plan to do that, then stick with
i386. I've been using a dual-core AMD64 for a while now and I've decided to
stick with i386.

[snip]
> And one side question: will I benefit if I move to amd64 system and install g
> cc-4.1, over current gcc-3.4.4 that came with system?
> And the same - if I'll stay in i386 mode but upgrade to gcc-4.1?
> I mean here both compilation speed and efficiency of generated code.
> 

I can't answer this, but I don't think that all ports and sources are
gcc-4.1 clean yet.

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Gary Jennejohn / garyjATjennejohnDOTorg gjATfreebsdDOTorg garyjATdenxDOTde




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