From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 01:17:50 2008 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 BAF431065678 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:17:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B62C8FC2D for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:17:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so2735168fgg.35 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:17:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=0aXaRt2Xw1F+squFRYBEm53x4dMwsrjXstkIC3sAIX8=; b=Kuj2KLxf5IpLDCaAP/CdMkcCZN4jEqfbj8ZDy4u9+jU75kueq99VMIZ5LKfnnmUB0s8BcWjWN8YlFEZmZ5vh0/34tm+fJLof5ruiqy7qwFQXc9o2lreJRee3Yi1u9/pDladTSbb6VUnNj5DCqTPu3x9y3/fqSOgDtKJj73hYO4U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=WjYb9LkGKZn0essPpMqX2S5hKHLHWXanp7K2QejI7X3r3QVS8g4wSuZ399VKndrpVLqOsVKkTPFkSGI7WpFrd6jKp0p1mYC1Xj9OThoI+L4DiDyoWoZddZ8QNVtS4lteFYlSyiBOk6YQvJY/Bol1PX+FYr1dS7NCknjaOAecPcY= Received: by 10.82.148.7 with SMTP id v7mr19187558bud.37.1206407868149; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:17:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.160.10 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:17:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <560f92640803241817t3d1c3218rc7bb71da4ef3afb5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:17:48 -0700 From: "Nerius Landys" To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-Reply-To: <47E84B27.2050708@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <560f92640803241709p6ba11f35o95d16fcc4db02d22@mail.gmail.com> <20080325001645.GA34189@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <47E84B27.2050708@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Ivan Voras , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpu 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: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:17:50 -0000 Well that is helpful thank you. I have 2 GB RAM and am running i386 on my Xeon Dual-Core 3060 Conroe. So this is probably the right thing to do. Thanks. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Erik Trulsson wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 05:09:51PM -0700, Nerius Landys wrote: > > > >> I have a computer with this processor: Intel Xeon Dual-Core 3060 Conroe > ( > >> 2.4GHz, 4MB, 1066MHz FSB). > >> I'm running i386. Is this right? I had no idea about this AMD64 > business. > >> I'm confused as to why you run an AMD OS on an Intel CPU. > >> > > > > For similar reasons as why you can run an "Intel OS" (i386) on an AMD > CPU. > > > > AMD64 (aka x86-64) refers to AMD's 64-bit extension to the x86 > architecture. > > Most (all?) of Intel's recent x86 CPUs also implement this extension. > > > > When I first started exploring the issue with my "new" (about 6 months > old now) machine (e6850 3GHz dual core intel w/ 4 GB RAM) the rule of > thumb I learned was if you have <2GB of RAM i386 if more then AMD64. > Sure you can use PAE on i386 but it is really a workaround. Now there > are about 10% of the ports out there that will not run on AMD64 with the > most important "everyday" one being the nvidia driver for xorg (note > though contrary to the man page nv does support the max resolution of > your card/monitor [well almost I ca get 1400x1050 but not 1600x1050 on > my 8400GS and 21" wide screen]). > > > > > > > > > >> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Ivan Voras wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Irodatechnika Hajdu wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi! > >>>> > >>>> I have got a XEON (E5320) based computer. Which version to install? > >>>> > >>> AMD64 or > >>> > >>>> I386? > >>>> > >>> AMD64. > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > >