From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 10:54:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A991816A41B for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:54:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@oak-wood.co.uk) Received: from ash.oak-wood.co.uk (ash.oak-wood.co.uk [62.3.200.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C7B13C4B9 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:54:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@oak-wood.co.uk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ash.oak-wood.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1464AD834 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:31:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ash.oak-wood.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ash.oak-wood.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 36793-03-8 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:31:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.37.233] (bluebell.thegrove.oak-wood.co.uk [192.168.37.233]) by ash.oak-wood.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D4A6AD82E for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:31:33 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <472D9F85.10508@oak-wood.co.uk> Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:31:33 +0000 From: Chris Hastie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8pre) Gecko/20071022 Thunderbird/2.0.0.6 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Which version with a Xeon X3210 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:54:06 -0000 I've just ordered a new server based on the Intel Xeon X3210. This is a quad core processor supporting the Intel 64 (formerly known as Intel=AE EM64T, according to the flyer) instruction set. I plan to install FreeBSD 6.2 on it, but I'm not clear whether I should be using the AMD64 version or the x86 version.