Should I move to amd64 ?

Adam Vande More amvandemore at gmail.com
Thu May 30 19:22:07 UTC 2013


Given your description, no you should not move.

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Michael Gass <mgass at csbsju.edu> wrote:
>
> I am currently using a 9.1-RELEASE with an i386 install.
> The hardware is a core 2 duo with 2 GB of RAM.  My video card
> is an ati radeon hd 2400 xt. Things work fine.
>
> Would I gain anything by starting over and doing an AMD64 install
> or would that be a bad idea?  Would my system perform better, worse,
> or the same after the change? I may eventually bring the memory up
> to 4GB, but not anytime soon.
>
> I understand some ports my not work - like WINE - but I do not use
> WINE. Would there be other problems?
>
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> Michael Gass
> mgass at csbsju.edu
>
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