11.04 32 bit or 64 bit for 64 bit AMD sempron

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 11:04 +0200, Thierry de Coulon wrote: 
> On Thursday 12 May 2011 07:36:54 am Jon Anderson wrote:
> > Should I use the a 32 bit or 64 bit 11.04 when I have a AMD sempron 64
> > bit processor. Can I use either or am I restricted for some reason
> 
> >From what I found in Wikipedia:
> 
> "In the second half of 2005, AMD added 64-bit support (AMD64) to the Sempron 
> line. Some journalists (but not AMD) often refer to this revision of chips 
> as "Sempron 64" to distinguish it from the previous revision."
> 
> If your processor really is 64 bit, I don't imagine any restriction. I would 
> say that if the 64 bit live CD works a 64 bit install should as well.

I found that with only 2 gigs of memory, 64bit did nothing extra for me,
plus the additional grief using it. If you have equal-to/greater-than 4
gigs, then 64bit would be good. 

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