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From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Eugen Konkov <kes-kes@yandex.ru>
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Subject: Re: ia64 vs amd64
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Hi,

On Monday 16 April 2012 20:08:13 Eugen Konkov wrote:
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> I have Corei3 540

only the amd64 will run on that CPU. If you have less than 4GB of RAM you could also run the i386 version.

> What is the best fit to this processor: ia64 or amd64?
> and what one from those is more stable?

I do not think that people will pay the price tag a ia64 machine just for a bit of more fun.

The reasons for running ia64 are very different ones.

Erich