[arch-general] Converting to 64

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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:58 PM, pyther <pyther at pyther.net> wrote:

> On 05/28/2010 11:47 AM, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>
>> 5-10% that too if you compile lots of stuff. otherwise for browsing
>> and all no noticeable increase.
>>
>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan<lists at itech7.com>
>>  wrote
>>
>>>
>>> I have 1gb RAM. Can you give an approximate % increase in performance
>>> if I switch to 64 ?
>>>
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If you only have 1GB of ram, it's very much a waste of time to even bother
switch to 64.  You'll waste more time downloading packages than anything
else.  Once you reach >2GB, then should you really consider switching, I
believe.

-- 
kbar