Re: [Hampshire] [Hardware] - 64 bit Fedora

Rob Malpass wrote:
>
> Brilliant ;-] Thanks Al
>
> This prompts two more related questions:
> 1) I tried a 64 bit ubuntu version on my Sempron box last summer but
> couldn't really detect any major speed benefits - presume even now
> this will only be visible in certain (presumably maths intensive)
> applications?

Correct.

> 2) In terms of choosing the chip, am I right in thinking that an AMD
> 4000 trumps an AMD 3000 but in themselves the figures don't relate to
> the chip speed?

Yup, again correct.

This link gives you the numbers for AMD CPUs:

http://products.amd.com/en-us/

Sean