From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 11:00:42 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 4E05216A41A for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:00:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0953313C4A7 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:00:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:64621 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IodDE-0001mC-4v for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:00:16 +0100 Received: (qmail 68075 invoked from network); 4 Nov 2007 12:00:13 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 4 Nov 2007 12:00:13 +0100 Received: (qmail 20519 invoked by uid 1001); 4 Nov 2007 12:00:13 +0100 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:00:13 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Chris Hastie Message-ID: <20071104110013.GA20479@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Hastie , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <472D9F85.10508@oak-wood.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <472D9F85.10508@oak-wood.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1IodDE-0001mC-4v. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1IodDE-0001mC-4v 399161b5a5be6f4a9d7ca7c2969fa9e5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 11:00:42 -0000 On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:31:33AM +0000, Chris Hastie wrote: > 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. >=20 > 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. Either version should work. If you intend to use 4GB (or more) of RAM, then the AMD64 version will work better by allowing you to actually use all of t= hat memory. Otherwise you might as well use the i386 version for better compatibility with binary-only programs/codecs/drivers (mainly affects various multimedia codecs which is probably not very important for a server though.) --=20 Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se