state of 64bit support

blueswitch · 04-30-07, 08:22 PM

ok I'm looking for an honest answer guys...Im looking to upgrade to feisty fawn..and I'm trying to decide 64bit or not, I have a turion laptop. I know at first I tried 64bit on my athlon tower and found somethings lacking like flash player support etc.....is it worth going 64bit or should I stay with the regular x86?

Shelnutt2 · 04-30-07, 08:28 PM

The only thing, and I repeat the only thing that isn't in 64bit that you can't simply find a custom version for is flash....and for that there is nspluginwrapper.

Now, almost everything has been ported to 64bit. Some older applications/games aren't, but then again they are open source so if they don't work right off..just compile it yourself

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blueswitch · 04-30-07, 08:32 PM

ok let me ask this then....will I see much of a performance increase with 64 bit then?...or is it more a RAM scaling thing?

splat · 04-30-07, 09:05 PM

i doubt you'll notice any difference as a desktop system.

I've been running 64bit gentoo for months with no problems, btw.

Shelnutt2 · 04-30-07, 09:10 PM

Only performance difference is that you get to run FAH SMP client

blueswitch · 04-30-07, 09:15 PM

except I don't have dual core proc. this is a s754 turion

maddog39 · 05-03-07, 02:46 PM

Well using full 64bit with FAH will definately give you a performance advantage. Because the 64bit just means you have a 64bit memory address space (im pretty sure) whichs helps immensely with mathematical calculations as far as I know.

04-30-07, 08:22 PM	Thread Starter #1
blueswitch Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Denver, CO	state of 64bit support ok I'm looking for an honest answer guys...Im looking to upgrade to feisty fawn..and I'm trying to decide 64bit or not, I have a turion laptop. I know at first I tried 64bit on my athlon tower and found somethings lacking like flash player support etc.....is it worth going 64bit or should I stay with the regular x86? __________________ Fold for Team 32! _________________________________________ MSI MS-1029 Turion MT-37, Lancaster 2ghz X700, 128mb 2gb OCZ PC3200 My Heatware
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04-30-07, 08:28 PM	#2
Shelnutt2 Overclockers Team Content Editor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: /home/	The only thing, and I repeat the only thing that isn't in 64bit that you can't simply find a custom version for is flash....and for that there is nspluginwrapper. Now, almost everything has been ported to 64bit. Some older applications/games aren't, but then again they are open source so if they don't work right off..just compile it yourself. __________________ Build!.Borg!.Recruit!.Folding.for.Team.32! Gigabyte P35-DS3R, E6300, 2x512MB Team Group DDR2 667, EVGA 7800GT Heat Want to run the folding@home gpu client in linux? www.linuxfah.info Your teacher is a dumbass. The equation is exact. ~Frodo Baggins Damn....It's 12:00 AM and I thought my 805 would be a magic pumkin and turn into a conroe.........boy was I fooled:) ~Stilletto This is what I get for not only being a newb, but also disregarding instructions! ~ShadowPho I hate women... but im not gay lol. ~MrCrowley Love can fade but knowledge stays forever (unless you develop alzheimers). ~Constantinos
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04-30-07, 08:32 PM	Thread Starter #3
blueswitch Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Denver, CO	ok let me ask this then....will I see much of a performance increase with 64 bit then?...or is it more a RAM scaling thing? __________________ Fold for Team 32! _________________________________________ MSI MS-1029 Turion MT-37, Lancaster 2ghz X700, 128mb 2gb OCZ PC3200 My Heatware
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Shelnutt2 Overclockers Team Content Editor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: /home/	Only performance difference is that you get to run FAH SMP client __________________ Build!.Borg!.Recruit!.Folding.for.Team.32! Gigabyte P35-DS3R, E6300, 2x512MB Team Group DDR2 667, EVGA 7800GT Heat Want to run the folding@home gpu client in linux? www.linuxfah.info Your teacher is a dumbass. The equation is exact. ~Frodo Baggins Damn....It's 12:00 AM and I thought my 805 would be a magic pumkin and turn into a conroe.........boy was I fooled:) ~Stilletto This is what I get for not only being a newb, but also disregarding instructions! ~ShadowPho I hate women... but im not gay lol. ~MrCrowley Love can fade but knowledge stays forever (unless you develop alzheimers). ~Constantinos
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04-30-07, 09:15 PM	Thread Starter #6
blueswitch Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Denver, CO	except I don't have dual core proc. this is a s754 turion __________________ Fold for Team 32! _________________________________________ MSI MS-1029 Turion MT-37, Lancaster 2ghz X700, 128mb 2gb OCZ PC3200 My Heatware
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05-03-07, 02:46 PM	#7
maddog39 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Somerville, MA	Well using full 64bit with FAH will definately give you a performance advantage. Because the 64bit just means you have a 64bit memory address space (im pretty sure) whichs helps immensely with mathematical calculations as far as I know. __________________ My Rig: Windows 7 64 EVGA nForce 780i SLI Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.21GHz VCORE 1.325 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 EVGA GTX 260 C216 SSC 896MB
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