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Valve Source Engine Running Faster on Linux than W...
I wonder whether larger pointers could result in being able to cache less media. But that's a wild guess.
viraptor
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At the same time you're executing fewer instructions, because 64b instruction set is a bit more powerful. There's a balance between many things here.
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If they use the X32 ABI, that won't be a problem.
singular
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Ah yes of course. But if so, wouldn't they have issues interacting with the driver, since they have to be x64?
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AMD64 would bring more cache pressure on the CPU, but also a lot more memory for caching the world, plus more registers, a better instruction set… For a game, I expect memory would make a large difference.
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