Author: Matthew White
Date: 18:43:03 05/19/03
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On May 19, 2003 at 17:18:13, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On May 18, 2003 at 12:29:33, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>On May 18, 2003 at 09:40:34, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote: >> >>>Hi, I was thinking on upgrading my system to an Athlon 64 (not yet released) by >>>Christmas 2003. >>>Assuming those systems will be available by year end, I was wondering if by then >>>you will have a binary of crafty that would run 64 bit instructions and if it >>>would run normaly with winboard. >>>Also, will it run on the current Windows XP (32 bit)? >>> >>> >>>Best regards, >>>Alvaro Cardoso >> >>Don't be so eager to jump on the athlon 64 bandwagon. Too many things are new >>about it: >> >>(1) New 64 bit cpu >>(2) New supporting chipsets >>(3) New 64 bit OS >>(4) New hardware drivers >>(5) New 64 bit compilers >>(6) and more generally: New 64 bit software > >If you don't like (3), (4), (5), or (6), then just use 32-bit software. > >Reviews of Opteron running 32-bit software indicate that it performs quite well. > >Speaking to each point individually: > >(1) - What's wrong with a new processor? Would you hold off on buying a Pentium >5 because it's new? What would you wait for, a Pentium 6 instead? Besides, the >Athlon 64/Opteron is based on current Athlons, so it's not 100% new. > The Pentiums were based on the 486's, but that didn't save them from the "F00F" bug. Some people don't mind buying processors with low serial numbers, others do. It's a matter of personal preference, I guess. Matt
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