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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:29 AM, Rich <rgoeken1@verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was looking around and decided that I would try BSD.  However, I am
> having a problem determining which release will work for me.   I have a
> Intel Quad CPU Q6600, 64-bit.    So the AMD64 is out, the i386 is out, and
> here I bog down,  Can you please help?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rich Goeken
>



You can use AMD64 or i386 named .ISO files .

AMD64 is 64-bit Intel and AMD desktop or mobile processors which Q6600 is
one of them .

Please read :

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/8.3-RELEASE/HARDWARE.HTM


Thank you very much .

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk