<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 7, 2008 12:16 PM, John Drescher <<a href="mailto:drescherjm@gmail.com">drescherjm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">> The machine doesn't seem to be as 'snappy' as I was hoping. I know 64bit<br>> uses more memory that 32bit but I figured 1 gig is enough, as a used to run<br>> the same be/fe on 512mb. Do I really more than a gig to reach top
<br>> performance of 64bit?<br>><br></div>No you do not need 1GB. Also the difference in memory need from 32 to<br>64 bit is minimal because only the pointers default to 64 bit.<br><font color="#888888"><br>John<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">So i need to figure out why i am using so much memory. When looking at htop is see 418mb/939mb for RAM (Onboard video so i dont see a gig)</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">0/2500mb for SWAP.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">This is after a fresh reboot. Here is what is running: </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">I have a dual desktop one 1080p and the other is 1024x768 both running GNOME. </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Azureus/java</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">mythbackend +dependencies</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">all fedora 8 stuff.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Looking at htop and sorting by Mem% doesnt really help as to what is uses memory/how much. Is there a better way?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">This is wierd as my FE running F7 x86 uses 32mb of ram on boot. Granted its running fluxbox and no backend up 400mb for the backend and GNOME seems crazy.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Thanks,<br>Mitchell</div>