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Originally Posted by ua549
I'm a newbie to FreeBSD (or any Unix like OS) and currently setting up a desktop. My hardware is: Dual Xeon E5405 Quads, 16GB Mem, Areca 12xx, 4TB Raid 5, DVD burner, Quadro NVS 290 and LCD 1680 x 1050 display. Is there any advantage or disadvantage in the selection of 32 bit or 64 bit OS versions?
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Sounds like a super workstation 
Like the others said 64bit is the way to go except for the nvidia compromise. Out of curiosity, what type of work you mainly do on that workstation?
George
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