Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 17:09:22 -0500 From: Derrick Edwards <dantavious@comcast.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64bit FreeBSD performance Message-ID: <200512051709.22978.dantavious@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20051205174815.GB76476@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200511292057.13225.dantavious@comcast.net> <20051205174815.GB76476@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Monday 05 December 2005 12:48, David O'Brien wrote: David, Thanks for clearing that up. I was way off and I am glad that I did not go to the trouble of trying to send the CPU back for the 939. Thanks for the information. v/r Derrick > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 08:57:12PM -0500, Derrick Edwards wrote: > > All, > > I purchased a amd anthlon 64 3700 (754) to be used with VMWARE 5.5. > > FreeBSD was going to be the guest OS. It seems that VMWARE only works > > with amd 64 bit (939). I was wondering if the performance gain of FreeBSD > > 64 bit really be significant compared to 32bit FreeBSD. > > Your statement is hard to parse - to figure out what you're really > saying. VMware 5.5 runs fine on AMD Athlon64 3700 (754-pin) systems if > you are running a 32-bit host and want to run 64-bit guests. If you want > to run a 64-bit guest you need a revision D or later Athlon64. 64-bit > 754-pin Semprons qualify. It isn't an issue of the number of pins the > CPU has. You cannot run a 64-bit guest on a 939-pin rev.CG Athlon64.
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