On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 4:35 PM, krad <kra...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I totally disagree with using the 32bit unless you have a specific > need or potentially if you are running it as a desktop. 64 everytime > for servers for loads of reasons. If you are running less than 4 gig > their is a fair chance you will in the next few years >
I second Krad, though 64bit may use considerably more RAM in general, but the overall computing throughput is very much worth it. We use AMD 64 in all our HW for several years now and are _very happy_, both FBSD and Linux. Best, Alejandro Imass > On 3/20/10, Gene <f...@brightstar.bomgardner.net> wrote: >> Hi - >> I just got a board with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 cpu. I was wondering - >> >> 1) Is the amd64 8.0 release the fbsd of choice here? >> >> and >> >> 2) Does it take advantage of the athlon's dual cores? >> >> Thanks, >> >> IHN, >> Gene >> >> -- >> To everything there is a season, >> And a time to every purpose under heaven. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
