If more memory can be addressed / utilized would that alone not make
most applications run faster where many of us tend to have multiple
windows open at any given time?
Less paging, IOW, less disk I/O, that is inherently slower than memory.
On 6/2/2016 9:54 AM, 'T. Hunt' roversouth@bellsouth.net [LINUX_Newbies]
wrote:
> Not really faster. What 64bit does is it allows the system to address
> more memory. What that means in practical terms is that 32bit is
> restricted to slightly less than 4GB of memory (RAM). 64bit
> theoretically can address way more than that. One article I read says
> that AMD64 actually has a 48bit addressing structure and Intel has a
> 42bit structure so neither can access the theoretical maximum.
>
> What this means in practical terms is that 32bit systems are limited to
> 4GB of memory and 64bit systems generally max out at 128GB.
>
> Memory is where things happen but the processor (CPU), the motherboard
> and the software all have to be written to take advantage of that. A lot
> of software is still not able to take advantage of the multicore
> processors or the extra memory.
>
> In practical terms, most of today's systems are 64bit. I would recommend
> that you use 64bit OS and equip your system with 8GB of RAM. That should
> do you well for anything that is likely to come down the pike.
>
> Tom
>
> On 6/2/2016 9:26 AM, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 02:40:37PM +0200, 'highskywhy@yahoo.de'
>> highskywhy@yahoo.de [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>>> Is it a question of speed? regards sophie
>>>
>>>
>> It depends upon what you're doing, but generally, 64 bit should be faster.
>>
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