Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:09:08 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.uni-mainz.de> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64bit FreeBSD performance Message-ID: <43949054.7080404@mail.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <20051205174815.GB76476@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200511292057.13225.dantavious@comcast.net> <20051205174815.GB76476@dragon.NUXI.org>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050302040007090200000707 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David O'Brien wrote: >On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 08:57:12PM -0500, Derrick Edwards wrote: > > >> All, >>I purchased a amd anthlon 64 3700 (754) to be used with VMWARE 5.5. FreeBSD >>was going to be the guest OS. It seems that VMWARE only works with amd 64 bit >>(939). I was wondering if the performance gain of FreeBSD 64 bit really be >>significant compared to 32bit FreeBSD. >> >> > >Your statement is hard to parse - to figure out what you're really >saying. VMware 5.5 runs fine on AMD Athlon64 3700 (754-pin) systems if >you are running a 32-bit host and want to run 64-bit guests. If you want >to run a 64-bit guest you need a revision D or later Athlon64. 64-bit >754-pin Semprons qualify. It isn't an issue of the number of pins the >CPU has. You cannot run a 64-bit guest on a 939-pin rev.CG Athlon64. > > > Just for my information: what is the difference between those 'older' socket 939-athlon64 and newer CPUs that they aren't capable of running a 64-bit guest system? Well, I'm just only familiar with the so called 'market-names' of the Athlon64 chip series, like 'Winchester' or 'Venice'. Thank you very much in advance for patience ... Oliver --------------050302040007090200000707--
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