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Date:      Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:06:56 -0700
From:      "Remi" <MrL0L@charter.net>
To:        <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <36u63c$1uk902@mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net>
In-Reply-To: <200406271253.01432.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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See that's I'm thinking, the raw performance is very attractive to me!! So
what's this about a p4 1.7 outperforming a 2.8? You got link to benchmarks?

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel O'Connor [mailto:doconnor@gsoft.com.au] 
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:23 PM
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org; obrien@freebsd.org
Cc: Remi; questions@freebsd.org; current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD

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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:30, David O'Brien wrote:
> > I have a choice between AMD64 3200+ and a P4 2.8GHz with HT. Which one
> > would you guys recommend to run FreeBSD. Obviously the i386 would be
> > easier to run, so I guess my question is what is the state of the AMD64
> > FreeBSD version?
>
> You do know you can run FreeBSD/i386 on the Athlon64 3200+ laptop,
> right? :-)  A 3200+ running 32-bit FreeBSD will out-perform the  P4
> 2.8GHz running the same OS.

A Pentium-M 1.7Ghz will outperform a 2.8Ghz P4 too ;)

If battery life is important to you I'd suggest not getting an AMD64.

For raw performance it's "pretty nice" though :)

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