Re: [Nolug] 64-bit athlon? from Jeffrey Hendricks on 2004-10-23 (nolugarchives)

From: Jeffrey Hendricks <hendricks_clan_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:33:36 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Message-ID: <2838663.1098556416461.JavaMail.root@kermit.psp.pas.earthlink.net>

On Friday 22 October 2004 7:50 pm, E. Strade, B.D. spake:
> 64 bit offers no performance increases for most applications. It simply
> allows more memory addresses - nothing more. I would save you money
> unless you need the extra address space.
>
> Brett

I does have a few nicer features, however... support for dual-channel DDR400 and up being the nicest. A similar K7 CPU/board that runs at 400Mhz FSB would cost about the same as a K8, and have less features and upgradability. If you're going cheap, K7 is the best bang/$. If you're going top-end K7, you might as well get a K8 and have the option of upgrading it later. Just my opinion. Plus, running 64-bit Fedora looks sexy on a resume... can't vouch for its effectiveness as a pick-up line, though. "Hey, baby, I'm running Linux on an AMD64!"

-Jeff Hendricks
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