DevilMB3017 Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 I honestly think a new age of computing is upon us. As some of you might know, Intel's Prescot chips will be 64-bit capable. However, many of you don't know that it's supported by AMD64 exstentions! That's right, INTEL has to use AMD's 64-bit instructions! This is a major win for AMD over Intel, because now AMD makes money off of Intel's chips too! This quote is from this article I read! "[Microsoft] gave Intel the choice, support AMD's instruction set, or do without Windows." What a major win for AMD fans everywhere! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montol Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 That's incredible. Go AMD! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalSloan Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 http://www.gruntville.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4019 heres a little discussion of that very topic. If its true i think it rocks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 IA64 is getting no love from MS. stupid intel not looking at the past and suplied NO 32 bit core, so you have to use software to translate... slowing an already slow chip WAY down. That 32 bit capacity is the ONLY reason MS went with AMD's alternative. and yes intel has a chip that is supposed to do the same thing WITH hyper threading, much larger cache, and MUCH higher mhz to it sorry to bash the amd win, but it's going to be short lived. Intel had it slated for a new chip in the next 18 months, but is sounds like it just took the P5 prescotts name and place on the road map. what they've been calling a P5 at work is a suped up P4, similar to the EE except it has a huge L2 cache and no L3 (subject to typical changes by intel of course ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYoKoNA Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 (edited) I heard Its gonna fit my board. Do you knowr red if its gonna fit for sure? i875 Edited September 27, 2003 by AYoKoNA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 it works on socket 478 with the i875 chipset, BUT it'll still require a new mobo kinda like how the bx supported socket 370 ppga but no fcpga until later revs. sorry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 Go AMD, Go AMD, Go! Go AMD, Go AMD, Go! w000t! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYoKoNA Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 (edited) Wow i didn't know AMD had cheerleaders Edit: Darn red im gonna have to get a new mobo and processor now when it comes out Edited September 27, 2003 by AYoKoNA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 Is it just me or is this a double post? Anyway, that is awesome. "Suck it intel" hahah! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 the P5 (at least what it was called when I got to work with it) still needed a new mobo, but was mechanically identical to the P4. if they're going 64 bit then I can tell you it's going to be a LOT more pins, cuz it's a HT 4.2ghz with 2 32bit cores, and 2 64bit cores, 2mb l2, 200mhz fsb (or 800mhz as intel likes to call it), and it ripped a dual opteron a new a-hole big time. but everything I heard from the intel rep and from our reports says the P5 (prescott) was going to be another 32bit cpu that was very similar to the P4 except it had some new extentions and a larger cache... I wonder if this is going to be a repeat of intel's release of the PIII 1.13ghz coppermine against the tbirdy... intel pushed it out the door nearly 4 months ahead of schedule and had to recall it quickly cuz it was NOT ready to play yet... my hope is they play it smart and release a 32 bit chip NOW, and work the bugs out of thier 64 bit x86 cpu (it NEEDS it) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 But everything I heard from the intel rep and from our reports says the P5 (prescott) was going to be another 32bit cpu that was very similar to the P4 except it had some new extentions and a larger cache... Im probably mistaken, cause i dont know a 50th as much about pentiums as bigred. But isnt that what the p4 Extreme Edition is? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 P4 extreme is still northwood with a 2mb L3 cache. nothing fance unless you're running 2k/2k3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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