From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 27 08:47:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC82516A4CE; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:47:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxsf15.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf15.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7825F43D2D; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:47:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from MrL0L@charter.net) Received: from mxip07.cluster1.charter.net (mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.137])i5R8728I063902; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 04:07:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown (HELO nacho) (68.189.127.165) by mxip07.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 27 Jun 2004 04:07:02 -0400 Message-Id: <36u63c$1uk902@mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net> From: "Remi" To: Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:06:56 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <200406271253.01432.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Thread-Index: AcRb9mPwKJUXN0hUT1amNVISXHAuogAJzyKw cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:47:28 -0000 See that's I'm thinking, the raw performance is very attractive to me!! So what's this about a p4 1.7 outperforming a 2.8? You got link to benchmarks? -----Original Message----- From: Daniel O'Connor [mailto:doconnor@gsoft.com.au] Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:23 PM To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org; obrien@freebsd.org Cc: Remi; questions@freebsd.org; current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:30, David O'Brien wrote: > > I have a choice between AMD64 3200+ and a P4 2.8GHz with HT. Which one > > would you guys recommend to run FreeBSD. Obviously the i386 would be > > easier to run, so I guess my question is what is the state of the AMD64 > > FreeBSD version? > > You do know you can run FreeBSD/i386 on the Athlon64 3200+ laptop, > right? :-) A 3200+ running 32-bit FreeBSD will out-perform the P4 > 2.8GHz running the same OS. A Pentium-M 1.7Ghz will outperform a 2.8Ghz P4 too ;) If battery life is important to you I'd suggest not getting an AMD64. For raw performance it's "pretty nice" though :) - -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA3j2V5ZPcIHs/zowRAoZpAKCnZMb/Kxk9wElcBhktj9NPDPsPggCgh6b2 iasKpu5F998wHLaC5flWA+E= =QBEE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----