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From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd@...>

To: Fritz Meissner <meissner.fritz@...>

Cc: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user@...>

Subject: Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?

Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 4:23 pm

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:30:12PM +0200, Fritz Meissner wrote:

quoted text

> Yes, you can install the 32 bit version. From what I have heard, the
> performance difference is not significant, but the major benefit of 64
> bit is being able to address more than 4 GB of memory, which is the
> limit of what a 32 bit OS can use.

For workstation/desktop users, is that really a bigger difference than
the extra registers or the extra wide registers?

32bit linux can use more than 4 gigs of ram even though any individual
program is limited. However, I don't seem to see all that many
audio (or general use desktop) programs, that need more than 2 gigs of
RAM.
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[LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Josh Lawrence, (Mon Sep 27, 8:26 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Jostein Chr. Andersen, (Tue Sep 28, 6:06 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, torbenh, (Tue Sep 28, 6:57 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Jostein Chr. Andersen, (Wed Sep 29, 6:11 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, allcoms, (Tue Sep 28, 11:53 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, david, (Tue Sep 28, 10:08 am)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Arnold Krille, (Mon Sep 27, 10:36 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Gabriel M. Beddingfield, (Mon Sep 27, 9:16 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Michał, (Mon Sep 27, 8:46 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Josh Lawrence, (Mon Sep 27, 8:57 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Fritz Meissner, (Mon Sep 27, 8:30 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Joshua Boyd, (Tue Sep 28, 4:23 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, david, (Wed Sep 29, 5:55 am)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Joel Roth, (Mon Sep 27, 8:57 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Goran , (Mon Sep 27, 10:20 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Josh Lawrence, (Mon Sep 27, 9:19 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, david, (Tue Sep 28, 10:10 am)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Arve Barsnes, (Tue Sep 28, 2:29 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Paul Davis, (Tue Sep 28, 3:16 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Bernardo Barros, (Tue Sep 28, 3:58 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Charles Henry, (Mon Sep 27, 9:41 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Bernardo Barros, (Mon Sep 27, 9:56 pm)

Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?, Josh Lawrence, (Mon Sep 27, 8:56 pm)