Bulletproof Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 OK well im gona get a new system soon, and i am quite hesitant if i should go for 64bit or not... Anyways, These are the two combinations i might get : Amd Athlon XP 2500+ Barton DFI Infinity Ultra ____ Amd Athlon 64bit 2800+ MSI K8N NEO-FSR Ms-730-020 My questions are.....Is it worth the money more? I am gona get a way better performance then with xp, also...How will programs work with 64 bit, for instance...Is it possible for some stuff to run slower or anything ? Thanks in advance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_target Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 From what I've seen, 32 bit stuff runs faster on AMD64 than just about anything else. Wildly overclocked P4's can compete, but AMD seems to have the goods with these cpu's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 get the A64 win 64 V 1218 which was just releases it very good , There hardly any bugs that you notice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBalrog Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 get the A64 win 64 V 1218 which was just releases it very good , There hardly any bugs that you notice that whole line just confused me? V 1218? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_condor_rules Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 windows 64 bit build 1218 he means ^_^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 windows 64 bit build 1218 he means ^_^ V= version ay same thing as Build Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 I say go A64. I got one and love it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the11ama Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 I agree. But try to get at least a 3200+ Newcastle core. Very good OCers. Blows that 2500+ right out of the water, which I don't recommend given that at the least you're looking at the 64's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodySunday Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 A64. Even the A64 2800+ puts highly overclocked XP's to shame. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 (edited) the 2500+ will get smashed down completely by that A64....there's not even a competition. in a math benchmark (SuperPi 1Mil) my 2.4c at 3.0 ties with a stock A64 2800+. (48 seconds) i couldn't even imagine how much mine would get beat in a game benchmark. Edited August 22, 2004 by airman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSternMystic Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 But don't get it, being under the impression that you are preparing for the 64-bit future. Cause by the time 64-bit becomes mainstream (Games, and programs are written to take advantage of it), the 2800+ will be an antique. Get it because it's a good processor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oralpain Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 (edited) I found windows XP 64-bit build 1218 more buggy than the original public release (build 1069). I was really disapointed. Mystic is right, don't buy an A64 just because it is 64-bit. Edited August 23, 2004 by oralpain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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