2012-02-01, 05:20
I'm hoping we can soon get dev support for a 64bit version of XBMC.
The first question many will ask is, why
The answer is, performance...
64bit apps can be 2 to 6 times faster, than the 32bit version, when running on a 64bit OS.
Note: this has nothing to do with being able to address more RAM in 64bit.
This is especially true for math intensive applications... which I'm guessing, the GUI for XBMC is fairly math intensive with animations, gfx, etc. As the skins have become more complex, they have also slowed down noticeably - especially on lower-powered CPUs.
Read more on 64bit vs 32bit testing here...
http://www.passmark.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3348
Again... I hope a dev will look into this as it could move XBMC to the next level of performance.
The first question many will ask is, why
The answer is, performance...
64bit apps can be 2 to 6 times faster, than the 32bit version, when running on a 64bit OS.
Note: this has nothing to do with being able to address more RAM in 64bit.
This is especially true for math intensive applications... which I'm guessing, the GUI for XBMC is fairly math intensive with animations, gfx, etc. As the skins have become more complex, they have also slowed down noticeably - especially on lower-powered CPUs.
Read more on 64bit vs 32bit testing here...
http://www.passmark.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3348
Again... I hope a dev will look into this as it could move XBMC to the next level of performance.