some questions about 32 bit / 64 bit

[Harald Servat]

Hi again,

2009/4/3 Ivan Voras <ivoras at freebsd.org>

> Harald Servat wrote:
>
> >   My first issue is, I'm currently working with Linux and I'm planning to
> > switch to FreeBSD 7.1, but I don't know if switch to 32 or 64 bit (i.e.,
> > i386 or amd64). If I switch to the 32 bit version, which is the memory
> limit
>
>
> On a server, switch to 64 bit.
>
> On a desktop machime, go with 32-bit. You will only be able to address
> slightly over 3 GB no matter which graphics card you use but on the
> other hand you'll have better supported drivers and 3rd party software.
>
>
  I've just seen this topic also being mentioned in
     http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/compatibility-memory.html

  And what about the second issue?

Thank you very much.
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