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Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: amd64 or i386 for desktop use?
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Thanks everyone, based on the info I am returning the nvidia card and
getting an R4xx instead (found an X850 for under $80 still sold; seems to be
well enough supported). I still want to try amd64; other limitations do not
bother me that much (I do not care for wine or win32 codecs).