64 bit or 32 Bit?

[aznmandhs]

What is the difference bettween an 64 bit processor and a 32 bit processor? Why do people buy AMD when it is slower than a Intel? Is it because AMD is 64 bit?

 

[The Merlin]

This has been explained a thousand times, but here goes 1001

64bit processors allow for more bandwidth making everything faster. Until the AMD64, 64 bit was exclusive to server chips like the Itanuim and Opteron.

64 bit the future, but nothing that runs on a desktop currently uses 64 bit, everything is 32 bit. Windows is currently developing a 64 bit Windows, but I don't think thats do out till 2006

The AMD 64 FX-51 is AMD's flagship CPU and blows away standard P4's due to its on-die memory controller, large L2 cache and such. HOWEVER, Intel trumped the release of the FX-51 with its P4EE, which has a MASSIVE 2mb L3 cache, so in total 2.5mb of cache

The FX-51 and P4EE are pretty much neck and neck, but most benchmarks favor the P4EE as the winner, it all depends on who you speak to Not that many of us can afford either as the FX-51 is $700 and the P4EE is $1000 :amazed:

So for us poor folk, its between the 3.2 P4 and the AMD 64 3200+(though they just released the 3400+, which is marginally faster than the 3200+), to which there also pretty neck and neck, and the winner depends on who you talk to

You really need to look at the benchmarks for both, check your budget and decide for yourself on which is better

 

[Deadguy]

I do a lot of downloading.Stuff i read is impling that Microsoft is gonna be policing with Longhorn.Ill be using XP a long time if thats true.

 

[lavenderAC]

Ok, this is where I get confused. I thought there isn't windows 64 bit yet. But I found a MS link selling WinXP 64bit. So which one is right? Is 64 bit OS out there?

 

[Deadguy]

Servers have run on 64 OS a while.This explains it pretty well.

http://www.infoprosjoint.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1237


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/

 

[Apokalipse]

if you can choose between a good performing CPU, and a good performing CPU that does 64 bit, what would you choose?

 

[lavenderAC]

I think you should choose the 64 bits CPU since its the future..

 

[Deadguy]

The one Intel makes. = ) . You need the program's to be 64 bit though also me think's.

 

[Apokalipse]

XP 64 bits edition

 

[The Merlin]

if you can choose between a good performing CPU, and a good performing CPU that does 64 bit, what would you choose?

The first one, because by the 64 bit comes out, I'm gonna need a complete PC overhaul anyway