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  1. Apr 25th, 2003, 01:04 PM #1
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    Are you going 64 bit?

    Who here, with the AMD Opteron out, are considering going 64 bit? I so badly want to save some money for a dual Opteron!
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  2. Apr 26th, 2003, 12:54 PM #2
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    What are the advantages of going 64 bit? Are there any drawbacks? Maybe ill consider getting one in the near future. This PII 400 needs to be retired.
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    64-bit won't really be for "consumer" use for quite a long time, because it handles 32-bit applications slower than 64-bit. However when 64-bit compilers become available to the general public (gcc may do this already), and 64-bit operating systems are available (once again, GNU/Linux already supports such processors), it will become a mainstream processor.
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  4. Apr 26th, 2003, 08:35 PM #4
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    It has been batched into my head a lot of times at this forum alreaddy that there is a 64-bit XP version out there all readdy....but I am not planning to buy anything. I can't afford food as it is....
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    I would rather buy P4 3 GHz Duel Processor and I think its way more than my needs now at home...even when I am running website, mail server, dbserver and lot more...

    I mean give me 10 good reasons to go to 64 bits...Only if you need it so badly as corporate sectors then go for it...Or if you have 64bit XP or Linux, and u want to try that then go for it...

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    It'd be nice for bragging rights, but I think it'd be better to wait until there is more 64 bit software. I wonder if when things changed from 16 to 32 bit people said the same sort of thing.
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    Actually there are up to a 5% perfromance increase of 32 bit apps.

    I personally do alot of video and 3d. More performance is always good.
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    I never said its 32-bit performance was slower than a 32-bit processor's performance in the same area, only less than the 64-bit performance
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    oops. misread.
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    People like Sun and SGI have been using 64-bit CPUs for a long time now (way before Intel and AMD got in on the act) and those CPUs are relatively well supported by products such as GCC.

    I never tried to use a "free" OS on one though, I've always stuck to Irix and Solaris.

    But, at the end of the day, most people with any decent experience to use it will have come from one of these platforms, most likely.
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    Originally posted by Cander
    I personally do alot of video and 3d. More performance is always good.
    Perhaps Xeon would be a better option than Itanium2 ?
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    The benchmarks I have seen show the Opteron outperforming Xeon for 3d rendering.
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    I won't be for a couple of years, even though I want to.

    I'm getting a new comp in August, and with Athlon 64 not due until Sept and Opteron likely out of my price range, I'll probably end up buying a 400Mhz FSB Barton....

    Not the end of the world though. Bigger things to worry about by then.
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    Why don't you get an Itanium or something instead ?
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    Originally posted by Cander
    The benchmarks I have seen show the Opteron outperforming Xeon for 3d rendering.
    Well you're comparing a 64bit CPU to a 32bit CPU.
    How does it fare against the Itanium2 ?
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    Itanium is way expensive.
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    Originally posted by Cander
    Itanium is way expensive.
    yeah...if Opteron is out of my price range then I'll basically be limited to Prescott+Springdale and Barton 400+nForce 3/KT600 in August.
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  20. May 3rd, 2003, 12:47 PM #18
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    I agree with you Cander
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    Originally posted by Cander
    Itanium is way expensive.
    AND it runs 32bit code like arse.
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    Actually these Itanium based systems aren't too expensive!
    http://www.smb.compaq.com/ctoBases.a...&FamilyId=1431
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    Originally posted by plenderj
    Actually these Itanium based systems aren't too expensive!
    http://www.smb.compaq.com/ctoBases.a...&FamilyId=1431
    definetly a beefed up system, but i think i can get by with a x86 based system for university

    and it still runs 32 bit code like arse
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