Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 11:05:18 05/20/03
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On May 19, 2003 at 21:43:03, Matthew White wrote: >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 I wasn't aware that the Pentium borrowed anything from the 486, and if it did, it must have been a very small amount. If you're running a server, I can see why you'd want to avoid F00F-style situations, but the worst a processor bug can do to Joe Sixpack is cause his computer to crash, and even that isn't so likely considering the millions of hours of testing these designs go through. -Tom
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