From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 15 11:14:31 2011 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 647251065686 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:14:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253DE8FC25 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxh11 with SMTP id 11so4990467vxh.13 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:14:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.186.193 with SMTP id fm1mr3455319vdc.58.1313406869462; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:14:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.85.129 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:14:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.171.167] In-Reply-To: <20110815073706.GA17654@nyx.user-mode.org> References: <20110814222708.2a06dc05.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110815073706.GA17654@nyx.user-mode.org> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:14:29 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Christian Barthel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing and using wine on amd64 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: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:14:31 -0000 On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Christian Barthel wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:27:08PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: >> Current system is 8.2-STABLE/amd64. Should I better re-install >> everything (Intel Core2 4300 1.80GHz / 1799.81-MHz K8-class CPU >> here, and 2 GB RAM, that's why the AMD64 choice) and use i386 >> instead? > > I don't understand why you have chosen AMD64? You only have 2 GB memory, > which can be adressed under i386 too and you can avoid a lot of > problems. > > Today, I am not quite sure about AMD64 because with PAE ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension#FreeBSD), > you have a far better opportunity to address memory above 4 GB. Some applications run faster in 64-bit mode, because they make good use of the additional free registers... This is particularly important for crypto-stuff (it's noticeable even without benchmarking), and in some multimedia applications as well. And just to wit: some register-hungry applications run even faster on an old UltraSparc IIIi 1500 Mhz despite its slow memory than on a Phenom with 2.4 GHz and fast DDR 3 RAM. So it all depends on the particular applications. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/