AMD Dual Core CPU's & HT Tech

[Billy Verreynne (JW)]

ruscook wrote:

> I agree the AMD seem a superior chip at the moment but I don't
> think this last is true. The AMD chips perform as fast in 32 as
> 64 bit mode. It's my understanding that  only expanded address
> space and 64bit specific instructions will benefit from 64 bit mode.



Correct. 64bit CPU does not mean the CPU is able to run (excecuted
instructions) twice as fast as a 32bit CPU. That seems to a common
misconception. 64bit primarily means the ability to address more
memory.

More details can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64_bit

And yeah.. AMD64 kicks butt. Very impressive performance. (using it at
home and as server platforms at the office). :-)

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