On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:57:12 -0500 "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.fried...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is a little more complicated... i386 also supports >4GB with the PAE I know. > kernel option... it is frequently better to use this then to use amd64 > because (a decreasing I hope) number of ports do not compile and/or work > properly on amd64... for example if your using the machine as a GUI > desktop *AND* you have a nvidia video card you get almost 10 times > better performence with i386 because amd64 has a hard time reconizing > PCI cards installed "above" the 4gb limit (the phsycial addr is above RAM) AFAIK, the NVidia driver does not work (properly/at all) with PAE, 64 bit FreeBSD or more than 4GB of RAM. Andreas -- GnuPG key : 0x2A573565 | http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/de/ Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565
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