From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 17:28:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADAD816A419 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:28:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from askbill@conducive.net) Received: from conducive.net (conducive.org [203.194.153.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6830213C4D5 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:28:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from askbill@conducive.net) Received: from cm218-253-81-177.hkcable.com.hk ([218.253.81.177]:62877 helo=pb.local) by conducive.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1It4zh-000M6j-2j for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:28:41 +0000 Message-ID: <473DD348.6000403@conducive.net> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:28:40 +0000 From: =?UTF-8?B?6Z+T5a625qiZIEJpbGwgSGFja2Vy?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070221 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <027601c82873$ffbdad70$0c00a8c0@Artem> In-Reply-To: <027601c82873$ffbdad70$0c00a8c0@Artem> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Will 7-beta amd64 run on the old xeon? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:28:42 -0000 Artem Kuchin wrote: > Hello! > > I have a dual CPU box with two xeon cpus. > Those are XEON 2.66Ghz 512KB L2 cache, > 533Mhz bus. sSpec Number: SL6GF > CPUID String: 0F27h > > more info on: > http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sspec=sl6gf > > Will amd64 architecture run on it? I could not find > any data on EM64T support on it, so i don't think > it is there. > > -- > Artem > I'm pretty certain it will NOT. Worse - that's 130 nm wafer tech - pretty hot-running chunk of sand there. Worse yet - ISTR those went into sockets/VR's that will NOT accept today's Core-2 and their Xeon cousins, so a server/MB of that genre is not a good investment if you have concerns - as we do - as to staying within the UPS budget of the rack lease. In any case, current Intel OR AMD cache, bus & ram speeds let a cheaper Core-2 on commodity MB eat that particular Xeon's entire daily meal ration. ;-) Bill