AMD Dual Core CPU's & HT Tech

[Sasha Tsykin]

Billy Verreynne (JW) wrote:
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> ruscook wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> More details can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64_bit
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> And yeah.. AMD64 kicks butt. Very impressive performance. (using it at 
> home and as server platforms at the office). :-)
>
very true. I've been using it at home for almost half a year. 32-bit 
computers seem quite unresponsive by comparison.
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Sasha