[X4U] 64 vs 32 was...Re: move to Intel

[Richard Gilmore]

What makes the G5 so much faster? I've got a 1.8GHZ G5 that seems way faster
than my friend's Mini at 1.42GHZ I can't see how 380MHZ makes all that much
difference. 

Richard

On 12/6/05 3:29 PM, "David Ledger" <dledger at ivdcs.demon.co.uk> wrote:


>> From: Richard Gilmore <rgilmor at uwo.ca>
>> I just got a G5 and I personally do
>> not want to go back to a 32 bit machine.
> 
> 64 bit machines are usually slower than their 32 bit counterparts,
> but they handle huge dataspaces. If you don't use > 4GB address space
> you don't gain anything, but all those extra bits have to
> sucked/squirted serially from and two the disc and other devices.
> 
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