On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:37:52 -0400, clipka wrote:

> Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
>> Fair enough.  Just out of curiosity, is there a reason you can't use
>> the 32 bit builds?  They run just fine under Vista x64, and should be
>> OK under XP if that's what you're using.
> 
> Hum... benchmarking 64-bit systems with a 32-bit app? Doesn't seem to
> make much sense to me. Sure, they will run, but will the results say
> anything about 64-bit performace?

Generally 64-bit and 32-bit performance are going to be very similar; the 
advantage to 64-bit systems is the ability to address more memory.

But I'd agree with Ben's assertion that if you benchmark using the same 
app compiled either 32-bit or 64-bit on different platforms, you'll get a 
reasonable measure of comparative performance.

Jim

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