32bit or 64bit?

[baran]

Hi,

I bought ASUS (17") K73B series, CPU AMD Dual Core, 4GB RAM, ATI RADEON HD 6470M 1GB GRAM. Can I ude 32 bit Salix or I must use 64bit? Thank you.


Rene

[mimosa]

I believe you can use 32 bit on a 64 bit machine. But why would you?

Also, one easy way to find out for sure would be to try it - Live if you like.

[witek]

Use 32bit. Less problems with skype, flash and wine.

[caitlyn]

I strongly disagree with witek. 64-bit is the way to go. I have no problems with Flash or Skype (which I rarely use). I can't speak to wine because I don't use it.

What I do get is superior performance when doing anything that requires a lot of memory or stresses the CPU. This could be anything from video rendering to anything that does a lot of number crunching. Those interested in gaming will also see a nice jump in performance running 64-bit. For web browsing or sending e-mail it doesn't matter, of course.

The bottom line is that if you want to take full advantage of your system's processing power you can't do it with a 32-bit OS.

[witek]

The issue has been alredy discussed:
http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3137

[baran]

OKI thank you


Rene

[thenktor]

64 bit! Why? Because you can

[mimosa]

I would if I could.