<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.9.5"> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> 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). </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> 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. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> Kind Regards Russell ================== www.windsorcycles.com.au sales@windsorcycles.com.au ph. 02 4577 3209 bikes.no-ip.info Linux user #369094 ================== </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>