AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD

[Kenneth Culver]

Quoting Michal Pasternak <michal at pasternak.w.lub.pl>:

> David O'Brien [Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 04:00:26PM -0700]:
>> 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.
>
> ... but will it outperform it also by heat dissipation?
>
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So far my athlon 64 3200+ has been one of the coolest running processors I've
ever owned... although I've never used it in a laptop, my friend's p4 2.8 is
running a lot hotter...

Ken