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AMD 64 or XP
Name: szale9001 Date: September 30, 2004 at 04:14:34 Pacific OS: WinXP Home CPU/Ram: 384RAM, P4
Comment:
Ok so, I am going to be getting a really nice laptop to last me a while, and I'm tryin to figure which processor I should get. AMD 64 or XP, I was told that there is no reason to get the 64 cuz nothin needs it, but I was also told that some programs and games won't even work on a 64 bit processor!! So any help on what should be done here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Name: Jake2 Date: September 30, 2004 at 15:23:29 Pacific
Reply:
The Athlon64 supports all the XP instructions (plus the P4's SSE2) and actually runs 32-bit code faster than the XP. 64 bit support is an added bonus for people like me who run Linux or BSD, or Windows users willing to upgrade when 64-bit becomes mainstream.
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Response Number 3
Name: szale9001 Date: September 30, 2004 at 21:09:57 Pacific
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Thanks a lot! So what your sayin then is that every program will run on a 64 normally, all 32 bit will run with no problem, Cause I was told differently. But what your sayin then is it will all run fine?
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Response Number 4
Name: Jake2 Date: September 30, 2004 at 23:15:02 Pacific
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My brother runs 32-bit Windows XP on his Athlon64 and hasn't had any trouble with MS Office, Diablo II, Sims 2, Mozilla Firefox, or anything else. He did, however, have trouble in 64-bit Windows XP.
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Response Number 5
Name: martinuk777 Date: October 1, 2004 at 13:46:33 Pacific
Reply:
I didn't think there WAS a 64bit version of Windows XP yet???
"Don't eat yellow snow" Martin
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Response Number 6
Name: Jake2 Date: October 1, 2004 at 17:11:33 Pacific
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