32 or 64??

[Knapp]

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> Knapp wrote:
>
>>
>> I have read a few studies that say 64 bit is far faster than 32 bit
>> and I have seen a lot of post here saying that that is not true. I
>> have no idea what is the truth about this but in the end does any one
>> have a modern 64 bit PC that is to slow with any Linux system? If you
>> do, maybe you need to boot Tiny Linux. LOL
>>
>
> Depends what you consider faster.  Most people won't notice any
> difference on the desktop, since your bottleneck is almost entirely
> going to be hard drive (in particular, head seek time).  If, however,
> you are are performing a cpu intensive task (something that keeps your
> processor going at 100% plus) then there is a significant speed boost.
> I can clearly see over 15% speed increase in bzip / 7z compression as
> well as video encoding.

So out of 10 minutes of sitting and waiting you only have to sit for
8.5 minutes. I know on paper 15% sounds good but when it comes to
drinking a cup of coffee while you wait, most would not be able to
know that it was faster. Or if we are talking seconds 10 seconds vs
8.5 seconds? I think most people notice things being louder, better,
faster, slower and get excited about it when it is an order of
magnitude (perhaps base 2).  :-) IE 2 minutes VS 4 Minutes.

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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