Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 09:54:37 02/19/04
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On February 19, 2004 at 10:26:30, Slater Wold wrote: >On February 19, 2004 at 01:32:52, Eugene Nalimov wrote: > >>On February 19, 2004 at 01:21:36, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>On February 19, 2004 at 01:12:57, Russell Reagan wrote: >>> >>>>On February 19, 2004 at 00:59:17, Slater Wold wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 19, 2004 at 00:33:08, Russell Reagan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Does Crafty run faster on Opteron or Itanium? >>>>> >>>>>From someone who just spent a bunch of money on a 64bit machine; don't do it. >>>>> >>>>>I would go into all the reasons, but I have to go to bed in the next hour... >>>> >>>>Are you unhappy with the product itself, or the lack of support for it so >>>>far(operating system, compilers, etc.)? >>> >>>The FX51 runs like a champ. I have no complaints about any of my hardware. >>> >>>It's the lack of support, mainly. >>> >>>I got on the W2003-64 beta, and they sent my v.1069. Microsoft is on v.3200+ >>>now. :| >> >>1069 and 3200 cannot be directly compared -- different algorithm are used for >>calculating version # from build date for different products. >> >>Thanks, >>Eugene > >In the W2003 64bit beta newsgroup, a Microsoft employee openly admitted that >there was a version at least 3 months more current. However, Microsoft had made >the descion to hold off releasing it, because they are putting all their time >into XP SP2. Yes of course there are newer builds. But trust me, you don't want to use some random build, even if it's newer than tested one. And when build pass minimum required tests (including stress, different hardware configs, etc.) it is already weeks old. Thanks, Eugene
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