[wplug] Need advice on 64 bit

[fobitt]

I've always found that the 64 bit versions are more trouble than they  
are worth. You will run into some real annoying issues, such as the  
32 bit plugins for Firefox not running out of the box and so on.  I  
am sure there are ways around all of these little hiccups, but it  
gets old real quick when you are trying to find them.  The  
performance differences between 32 bit and 64 bit code is generally  
not radically different (unless you need to allocate massive amounts  
of RAM to specific programs).  In short, I just stick with the 32 bit  
installs.
As for single or dual core... it really depends on how you use your  
system. Right now I am really happy with the dual core chips. They  
are amazingly good when you are running multiple programs. However,  
if you are running a non-multi threaded program and you need it to  
run as fast as possible, a fast single core processor is a bit  
quicker.  Overall though, dual core = better.

On Sep 28, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Coutch, Robert wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just got my hands on a used socket 939 motherboard.
> Now I have questions.
>
> I'm trying to decide between a single core and dual core processor.
> Any suggestions?
>
> My biggest question is: Should I run 32 bit Linux or 64 bit.
>
> As you probably know I like to game on my system so I'll need  
> Nvidia drivers to play my 32 bit games.
> Any advice here? I sure don't want to hurt performance of these  
> games running on my system.
>
> How do 32 bit programs run on 64 bit Linux and how well does this  
> work?
>
>
> Thanks for any info or suggestions,
>
> Bob
>
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