Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:36:36 -0500 From: William Gordon Rutherdale <will.rutherdale@utoronto.ca> To: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: intel 64-bit version? Message-ID: <49884864.2080101@utoronto.ca> In-Reply-To: <OF57BBDB9B.64A21AB9-ONC2257552.00289823-C2257552.00290863@procreditbank.bg> References: <OF57BBDB9B.64A21AB9-ONC2257552.00289823-C2257552.00290863@procreditbank.bg>
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I'm using the amd64 version of FreeBSD for an HP Pavillion using an Intel Core 2 Quad processor (Q6600). So far it's doing fine with the processor. There are some driver problems, for instance no sound. However, as I'm using this machine as a compute server, I'm ignoring those limitations. I ran some parallel computation problem on it and got good performance out of it. -Will Ivailo Tanusheff wrote: > You may use amd64 version for full support of the 64 functionalities. > Do not get the wrong impression, this is not only for AMD processors and > allow you to use the full strength of the 64 bit architecture. > You may also use i386 branch and use PAE config options if you have more > than 4 GB RAM. > > Still, the best idea is to use amd64 version. > > Regards, >
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