Re: Int64 File Seeking ???

Subject	Re: Int64 File Seeking ???
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From	"25A.I866" <25A.I866@noacba.net>
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Date	2023-02-25 23:58 -0500
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On 2/24/23 8:13 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 23/02/2023 05:49, 25B.E866 wrote:
>> The Core2 derivatives were, as I remember, the first
>>    really affordable 64-bitters worth having
> 
> I cant remember what I had first. Probably a celeron? Dunno.

   They were ... ummm ... "ok" - but basically a "laptop chip".

> I remember people saying that 64 bits wasn't any faster, took up more 
> space for files and so loaded slower, and so on. Lots of religion.

   64-bits is faster if the APPS are writ for 64-bits.

> ISTR I slung Debian on one at 64 bits and it worked. And was faster at 
> my slowest job - video editing, so I never looked back.
> 
> Currently running a secondhand quadcore I5. It does everything I need 
> fast enough except video editing, and I haven't done much of that recently

   Those are perfectly good for almost anything, and notably
   cheaper than i7's these days. The newer i5's are now
   hexcore however.

   Gen12 i5s are generally faster than Gen8/9 I7's.

   Oh yea ... sometimes when I've nothing to do I tend
   to benchmark things. One thing I've consistently
   noticed is that lots of apps are NOT writ to take
   proper advantage of multiple cores. The OS does
   what it can, but often it's not much. You'll see
   one core at 250% and all the others just sitting
   there doing nothing. So, my advice for now, value
   the CPU clockspeed over the number of cores/threads.
   A low-end 2ghz with lots of cores/threads will often
   be blown away by a high-end 4+ghz chip with fewer.

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Int64 File Seeking ??? "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-22 01:52 -0500
  Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-22 08:55 +0000
    Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-22 13:38 +0000
      Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-22 14:11 +0000
        Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-22 20:38 -0500
      Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-22 23:53 -0500
        Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2023-02-23 05:11 +0000
          Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-02-22 21:29 -0800
          Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-23 00:49 -0500
            Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-24 13:13 +0000
              Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-24 14:58 +0000
              Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> - 2023-02-24 15:13 +0000
                Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? "25A.I866" <25A.I866@noacba.net> - 2023-02-26 00:05 -0500
              Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? "25A.I866" <25A.I866@noacba.net> - 2023-02-25 23:58 -0500
    Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-22 10:14 -0500
      Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-02-22 08:52 -0800
        Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-22 16:55 +0000
        Re: Int64 File Seeking ??? Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-02-22 12:36 -0800
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