Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:47:53 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Isaac Mushinsky <itz@mushinsky.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 or i386 for desktop use? Message-ID: <20080305194611.A8684@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <bbe9e35d0803050935w3476aeabl4bef4b8912f0f814@mail.gmail.com> References: <200803050036.33579.itz@mushinsky.net> <20080305171303.GA35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <bbe9e35d0803050935w3476aeabl4bef4b8912f0f814@mail.gmail.com>
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>> of RAM, and I seldom use more than half of that. Mind you, I'm using a >> simple window manager not a desktop environment with lots of bells & >> whistles. >> >> I suspect binaries on i386 will be somewhat smaller. But amd64 has more >> registers which might give some speed advantages. I haven't tested it, but yes it is much faster (somehow like 20%), and code size are rarely big part of memory usage. data size may be a problem if program uses huge tables with pointers, like squid. i always use amd64 on amd64-capable hardware, with exception of i386 squid binary which doesn't use much CPU but lots of RAM, and a bit less with i386
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