From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 29 14:19:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D11F516A4CE for ; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:19:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebee.digiware.nl (dsl390.iae.nl [212.61.63.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839DD43D1F for ; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:19:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjw@withagen.nl) Received: from dual (dual [212.61.27.71]) by freebee.digiware.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9) with SMTP id i1TMHweL057493; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:17:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wjw@withagen.nl) Message-ID: <005101c3ff12$1af05c80$471b3dd4@dual> From: "Willem Jan Withagen" To: "Henrik W Lund" , References: <4040A9FA.50801@hiof.no> Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:19:31 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Considering an AMD64 system... X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:19:50 -0000 You also might take a look at: http://withagen.dyndns.org/FreeBSD/notes/amd64-hardware.html Where I summarised most of the previous replies om similar questions. There's still a lot of questions not answered, but I you find any improvements, they are always welcomed. --WjW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrik W Lund" To: Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 3:47 PM Subject: Considering an AMD64 system... > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greetings! > > I'm considering investing in an AMD64-system, mainly for home/desktop > use (gaming, programming for fun and just generally goofing around, > trying stuff out), and as such do not need any high-end dual Opteron > setup. I'm thinking of going in on the low-end (AMD Athlon 64 3000+), > mainly due to financial reasons. Either way, it'll be a major step up > from my current P3 733... > > Now, since I want to run my favourite OS on the system, I want to know > if the amd64 architecture is well supported. I know it says on the > website that amd64 is a Tier 1 architecture, but from reading this > list and checking out docs, it seems as if it's just a teensy bit > unstable. Or is this due to fragility of the hardware (with memory > lockups, freezing and such)? It should be stated that I am not exactly > a newbie when it comes to FreeBSD, but in no way am I a wiz either. I > have a modicum of programming skills, but I doubt it that they'll do > me any good if my system goes down with some cryptic error message. > > Now, if the amd64 is indeed fully supported, this leads me to another > question: what hardware is supported? I'm mainly thinking of > mainboards and their chipsets here, as I reckon most of the regular > hardware (graphics cards, sound cards, etc) are compatible with both > the amd64 and the i386 platform (if I got the wrong idea here, please > tell me!). What chipsets would you recommend? I kinda have my eye on > the nForce chipset, as I understand this is good for multimedia (and > gaming), but I'm open to suggestions. > > Many questions here, any and all answers are welcomed. Thanks in advance! > > Henrik W Lund > Student at Østfold College, > Department of Computer Science. > > PS: please (b)cc: me, as I'm not (yet) a subscriber to this list. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFAQKn6nzC5lcw9P3IRAns7AJ9wQJPCDc9bnaIzwE+8xhA/yehYMACfT8/i > JgUUvumghKidTR0a2zN7fj0= > =kbge > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >