Re: Don't see much difference between i386 vs amd64

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Mario Bertrand <jmbert@cgocable.ca> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have successfully install debian with sid-amd64-monolithic.iso on my
> second ide (+kernel 2.6.8-3) and I don't see much difference in the
> performance vs i386 sarge (+kernel 2.6.8-1) on my first ide. It is
> normal? Should I expect more? Someone told me that I should buy a new
> hard drive with more cache (8M) to take benefit of faster cpu.
>
> hda  - 2048k cache - 3923.96 BogoMIPS	/ i386
> hdb  - 69k cache   - 3932.16    ""	/ amd64

69K is rather tiny. But that will only affect loading times and
doesn't make things run faster.

Also I wouldn't expect you to feel if amd64 is faster. Normally the
cpu idles anyway. Idleing twice as fast is just as idle.

> -- 
> Mario Bertrand

MfG
        Goswin