[Pc_Support] MB/CPU combo for general office use

[Bryan J. Smith]

Homer Whittaker <whittake at sbaflorida.com> wrote:

> Bryan:  This is my THIRD message on this item.  I thought
> you might have sold it since I did not get a reply!

Nope, I still have it.

> Apparently the board works under Fedora but will it work in
> Debian AMD64 and Debian 32 bit?

Don't know.

I've run Windows XP (32-bit) and Fedora Core 4 (x86-64) on
it.  Drivers should match between the 32-bit and 64-bit Linux
versions.

> Will it handle any and all DDR memory chips as you
> indicated in a previous message?

Yes.

> Guess what I am asking is can one expect that most of the
> newer boards to be 64 bit and whatever that implies for
> the 32 bit world?

The chips run both.  The Linux kernel typically includes the
same drivers for both.  It's really just a different memory
model (48-bit v. 32-bit) and little else.

> I have found that most of the apps that I normally use can
be
> utilized on my Asus amd64 machine, and they seem to be
faster.

There are some performance advantages, but other than when
you pass 1-2GiB RAM, it's really the chip design that is the
biggest difference -- in either 32-bit or 64-bit.


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Bryan J. Smith     Professional, Technical Annoyance                      b.j.smith at ieee.org      http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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