From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 2 15:40:49 2009 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 9B016106568B for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:40:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from "cyb."@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF12C8FC0A for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:40:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from "cyb."@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 02 Feb 2009 15:40:47 -0000 Received: from pD952DE43.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO core2duo.local) [217.82.222.67] by mail.gmx.net (mp014) with SMTP; 02 Feb 2009 16:40:47 +0100 X-Authenticated: #4870692 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+3oV5NKo+3GeVTrhgPoi284m1TXPpzr76KOCC0m+ 7+CHoLh7ls84sJ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:40:43 +0100 From: Andreas Rudisch To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Message-Id: <20090202164043.fda0abfa.cyb.@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <498709C8.1090106@gmail.com> References: <769541.13800.qm@web52112.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <"20090202154016.5fd0a5a3.cyb."@gmx.net> <498709C8.1090106@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-portbld-freebsd6.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Mon__2_Feb_2009_16_40_43_+0100_8vAtXSktX=Vkr0zW" X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.59 Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: intel 64-bit version? 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, 02 Feb 2009 15:40:49 -0000 --Signature=_Mon__2_Feb_2009_16_40_43_+0100_8vAtXSktX=Vkr0zW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:57:12 -0500 "Aryeh M. Friedman" wrote: > It is a little more complicated... i386 also supports >4GB with the PAE I know. =20 > kernel option... it is frequently better to use this then to use amd64=20 > because (a decreasing I hope) number of ports do not compile and/or work= =20 > properly on amd64... for example if your using the machine as a GUI=20 > desktop *AND* you have a nvidia video card you get almost 10 times=20 > better performence with i386 because amd64 has a hard time reconizing=20 > PCI cards installed "above" the 4gb limit (the phsycial addr is above RAM) AFAIK, the NVidia driver does not work (properly/at all) with PAE, 64 bit FreeBSD or more than 4GB of RAM. Andreas -- GnuPG key : 0x2A573565 | http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/de/ Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565 --Signature=_Mon__2_Feb_2009_16_40_43_+0100_8vAtXSktX=Vkr0zW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmHE/4ACgkQ8P3NNypXNWX8TQCeIX12jlXYy/dBlfT9k0UsrfqU KeUAoKioqeVja69q2LIZXVcQdHFj5Y07 =LLE0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Mon__2_Feb_2009_16_40_43_+0100_8vAtXSktX=Vkr0zW--