From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 2 15:48:03 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 2056010656EE for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:48:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 000178FC18 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:48:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so586197yxb.13 for ; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:48:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rtPhhqD/DLbPB4u/haTpTlBq6d0QW570DjHFCGnNzzE=; b=BtJuDr6FXsV+ze//HHcyp4ZEd/BhvG+/FGjYnDbp3PfGEwcb/8Am6HLVCzLOcP/KH3 eyByqy4Z2JlKd2q2h75I0u4pJXg0H0l/E3n+YY8UFOUJ/L4i87Zu8lYpGHZdOFsqcncg TkJcKgTkC0y/EfHvK+W3+lLWzyFtHyuxYFaG8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jMXl32SnUwDKw41SwynRhXrIHvSOdWGaHytnMByYG1Bx44Ld8UYBityKZm9i0lA3Wi hTr+xXkD41+W2IUl//ItzcnsTcV/btiSp809CS/5gD7iz3GWUv9R8RTZBmcwbUcOWyN9 7hya2qdkFUuHd5nIfyV3i29SX2Bt4ehvpMEn4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.68.19 with SMTP id v19mr1026278ank.62.1233589681296; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:48:01 -0800 (PST) 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> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:48:01 -0600 Message-ID: <11167f520902020748h21a11684n137ae139b367b82f@mail.gmail.com> From: "Sam Fourman Jr." To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ipfreak@yahoo.com, Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net>, 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 15:48:03 -0000 > It is a little more complicated... i386 also supports >4GB with the PAE > kernel option... it is frequently better to use this then to use amd64 > because (a decreasing I hope) number of ports do not compile and/or work > properly on amd64... for example if your using the machine as a GUI desktop > *AND* you have a nvidia video card you get almost 10 times better > performence with i386 because amd64 has a hard time reconizing PCI cards > installed "above" the 4gb limit (the phsycial addr is above RAM) I could be wrong, but I thought that the nvidia binary driver did not work on a i386 PAE kernel. Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks