Re: i386 or amd64?

["Kelly Byrd" <kbyrd-debian@memcpy.com>]

>>
>> It would take quite a big performance hit I suspect.  It would
>> essentially drop to the performance of the socket 754 systems, rather
>> than the socket 939 performance.  For example the 512k L2 socket 754 at
>> 2.4GHz was ranked as a 3400+, while the socket 939 using dual channel
>> memory was ranked a 3800+.  Not using two 512MB sticks or two 1GB
>> sticks
>> just doesn't make that much sense.
>>
>> --
>> Len Sorensen
>>
>>
>>
> Is this true?  I have an amd64 4000+ system with 1GB memory in a single
> slot, does this hamper performance that much?

Yes, it's true. With dual channel memory on the motherboard, you need two
sticks for best performance.