<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7226.0"> <TITLE>RE: AMD Dual Core CPU's & HT Tech</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  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 <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64_bit">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64_bit</A> And yeah.. AMD64 kicks butt. Very impressive performance. (using it at home and as server platforms at the office). :-) -- </BODY> </HTML> <table><tr><td bgcolor=#ffffff>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Telkom SA Limited e-mail legal notice available at http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </td></tr></table>