Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 17:33:04 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@mail.ru> To: Gareth Bailey <gjbailey@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will Sempron 754 run with FreeBSD i386? Message-ID: <42514210.2010509@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <48a5f32a05040406045d5a3e15@mail.gmail.com> References: <48a5f32a05040405393061ec68@mail.gmail.com> <4251372E.8040602@mail.ru> <48a5f32a05040406045d5a3e15@mail.gmail.com>
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Gareth Bailey wrote: > Thanks. Can anyone else comment on the following points?: > > The 754 Sempron: > > - Will run in FreeBSD 4.11 i386? > - Will not be faster than Sempron socket A? > > Thanks > > Gareth I think you forgot to cc this message to freebsd-questions. Anyways, to further comment on these issues: Sempron cores are identical in Socket A and Socket 754 versions. Both support only 32-bit instruction sets (i686 in terms of CPUTYPE and i386 in terms of MACHINE). Any x86 OS will run on Sempron/754 smoothly. Personally, I think it's a much better choice than Celeron D. Sempron/754 might be a little faster than it's Socket A version - but that's _only_ because of the chipsets for Socket 754 are more advanced than Socket A ones. I would generally recommend using Sempron/754, as you could upgrade to Athlon 64 later and FreeBSD/x64 then. On the other hand, s754 will be deprecated in a few years in favour of s939. Best wishes, Andrew P.
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