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This is my system:

AMD Phenom II x4 960T (unlocked to 6 cores)
8GB 1066 DDR2 RAM
Gigabyte Radeon HD6670 1GB DDR3 (AMD Catalyst 13.4 propriety driver)
Ubuntu 13.04 at 1920x1080 60Hz
Dual boot with Win7 64-bit
Logitech H390 USB headset

I am playing Left 4 Dead 2 beta, Portal beta, Trine 2, and other steam games. According to this google site, installing amd64-microcode could speed up my system. When I clicked to install using the software center, Ubuntu wanted to remove linux-firmware, linux-generic, and linux-image-generic.

Does anyone know the benefits and/or risks to doing this?

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  • just so you know this program is 32-bit only, it might not speed up your computer if you are running a 64-bit operating system. It will not crash because of that but the effect may be less.
    – Alvar
    Commented May 21, 2013 at 22:13
  • So I'm getting the idea this won't do much. Is that what you are saying, Alvar?
    – HarlemSquirrel
    Commented May 24, 2013 at 22:27
  • yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.
    – Alvar
    Commented May 24, 2013 at 22:34

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There's no point of doing this since the program is in 32-bit and your system is in 64-bit, the speed you may gain is lost in that it's a 32-bit program.
I don't think this program is designed for your hardware, it's probably intended for a 32-bit CPU and a 32-bit operating system.

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