AMD Dual Core CPU's & HT Tech

[Sasha Tsykin]

ruscook wrote:
>
>> and no frequency downgrade to cope with eat issues. Also, you can run 
>> them in 64-bit, gaining approxiamtely double the speed (I know not 
>> actually, but things happen almost twice as fast in terms of real world 
>> experience, which is the thing that counts).
>>     
> Hi Sasha, 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.
this is true. Of course, access to 64-bit instructions is possible for 
almost every standard linux program now so the effect is that the extra 
address space is utilised, resulting in an almost doubling of effective 
speed.
>
> Kind Regards Russell
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Sasha