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Subject: Re: Why not a dual Opteron ?

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 10:47:53 02/05/05

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On February 05, 2005 at 13:42:40, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On February 05, 2005 at 13:31:29, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>Correct if you are running a 64 bit OS, which I am not ready to do yet.  Fron
>>the Specs results I have seen an Opteron will gain 50% when running Crafty in 64
>>bit mode (as compared to 32 bit mode).  I do not have a 64 bit Os or 64
>>bitcompiler and I'm not comfortable with Linux and do have the time right now to
>>get comfortable.  So I choose a 32 bit porcessor to run 32 bit software in an
>>enviroment that I am comfortable without spending a lot of energy , dollars or
>>both.
>
>The machine will run 32 bit stuff just fine, you can do that until the moment
>Windows 64 bit is released (I am sure the programs will come very soon after
>that).
>
>Your setup is going to be outdated in a few months, this doesn't seem like a
>wise decision.
>
>--
>GCP

ok thanks - I appreciate your thoughts.



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