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Subject: Re: Is AMD 2.2 Ghz. 64 bit, an upgrade to 3.2 Ghz. 32 bit, in all ways?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 00:31:47 12/14/03

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On December 13, 2003 at 23:56:06, enrico carrisco wrote:

>On December 13, 2003 at 22:09:22, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>Including speed, for all applications? Or for all chess programs?
>>If not, why did they now make 2.2 (or 2.0?).
>>S.Taylor
>
>What "3.2GHz" cpu do you speak of?  A P4?  If so, yes, you would see a nice
>speed up even on 32-bit apps, chess or non-chess.

I'm speaking of the same company, AMD.
If the difference varies from program to program, which Ghz. of 64 bit-AMD would
you say, is safely a speed-up (over amd/32/3.2Ghz) on ANY application (32 or
64)?
S.Taylor
>
>It's still a bit of an expensive upgrade at the moment, however.  If you are
>truly interested in the FX chip, wait a bit for production to shift from 940pin
>(which is the Opteron's territory) to 939 pin.
>
>Once this happens the motherboards will be cheaper, include more features, and
>not require the more expensive registered ECC ram.
>
>-elc.



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