Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:52:55 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x Opteron Question Message-ID: <200503171552.55660.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20050316200556.GA711@gravitas.thebunker.net> References: <20050315165022.34669.qmail@web90203.mail.scd.yahoo.com> <20050316200556.GA711@gravitas.thebunker.net>
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On Wednesday 16 March 2005 20:05, Matthew Seaman wrote: > You can generally run AMD64 machines in IA32 mode -- but what would be > the point? All you get then is a machine that costs more than an > equivalent IA32 box and that probably performs worse. The core market for the AMD64 is 32-bit Windows XP desktop machines, and they are good value in that role. When I recently upgraded my PC, I noticed that a lot of retailers no-longer even have 32-bit AMD CPUs, except for low-speed Semperons.
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