Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 14:57:17 -0700 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Should I move to amd64 ? Message-ID: <1492A3B3-0004-429E-9C53-48DC432AD085@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20130530171941.GA1208@csbsju.edu> References: <20130530171941.GA1208@csbsju.edu>
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Hi-- On May 30, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Michael Gass <mgass@csbsju.edu> wrote: > I am currently using a 9.1-RELEASE with an i386 install. > The hardware is a core 2 duo with 2 GB of RAM. My video card > is an ati radeon hd 2400 xt. Things work fine. > > Would I gain anything by starting over and doing an AMD64 install > or would that be a bad idea? Would my system perform better, worse, > or the same after the change? I may eventually bring the memory up > to 4GB, but not anytime soon. For machines with less than 4GB of RAM, running 32-bit version is probably wise; 32-bit processes use memory more efficiently compared with 64-bit mode. For some math-intensive workloads like SSL/crypto, audio/video transcoding, and such, there is likely to be significant improvement in 64-bit mode compared with running in 32-bit mode. For most other workloads, you're not likely to notice a difference. > I understand some ports my not work - like WINE - but I do not use > WINE. Would there be other problems? Nope, or at least not in general; AMD64 is very stable nowadays. Regards, -- -Chuck
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