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Slightly off-topic questions about AMD64
I know this is an Intel newsgroup but as there is no AMD group I have to ask
my questions here. I have 3 questions about an Athlon64. 1. Does an Athlon64 motherboard require special video cards etc or can it just take standard cards? 2. Is there an AMD64 version of Windows XP? 3. Do I need special software to run on that 64-bit Windows or will standard 32 apps run just fine? Sorry if these questions are a bit basic but I would really appreciate your help. Thanks, Mary |
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"Mary" == Mary Richards writes:
Mary I know this is an Intel newsgroup but as there is no AMD group Mary I have to ask my questions here. I have 3 questions about an Mary Athlon64. Mary 1. Does an Athlon64 motherboard require special video cards etc Mary or can it just take standard cards? 2. Is there an AMD64 Mary version of Windows XP? 3. Do I need special software to run on Mary that 64-bit Windows or will standard 32 apps run just fine? Mary Sorry if these questions are a bit basic but I would really Mary appreciate your help. Mary Thanks, Mary Mary There is a AMD64 NEWSGROUP, and I read it everyday. Do a search on google groups for more details. Good luck. Alan |
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There is a AMD64 NEWSGROUP, and I read it everyday.
Do a search on google groups for more details. What is the name of that newsgroup? A Google on several obvious keywords only came up with a debian topic. And assuming the OP will have the same luck: 1. Does an Athlon64 motherboard require special video cards etc or can it just take standard cards? Nothing special. You can run AGP or PCI cards today, and PCI-Express in the near future. 2. Is there an AMD64 version of Windows XP? Only an aging public beta and a more recent NDA-bound private beta. There's supposed to be a released (although OEM-only) product "real soon now". Make sure there will be 64-bit device drivers for all the components in your planned system. This issue will be a challenge for a while yet. You are aware, I trust, that the existing XP 32-bit editions run fine on AMD64. Do note that MS plans no 32-to-64 upgrade product in the near future. So if you need 64-bit, and must have Windows, wait for WinXP64-x86. 3. Do I need special software to run on that 64-bit Windows or will standard 32 apps run just fine? That was the whole point of AMD64 (vs. IA-64), and it's the goal of Windows64 for AMD64/EM64T that 32-bit binaries run flawlessly and with no performance penalty. Actual Windows results remain to be seen. -- Regards, Bob Niland http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider. |
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"Mary Richards" wrote in message ... I know this is an Intel newsgroup but as there is no AMD group I have to ask my questions here. I have 3 questions about an Athlon64. 1. Does an Athlon64 motherboard require special video cards etc or can it just take standard cards? 2. Is there an AMD64 version of Windows XP? 3. Do I need special software to run on that 64-bit Windows or will standard 32 apps run just fine? Sorry if these questions are a bit basic but I would really appreciate your help. Thanks, Mary |
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"Mary Richards" wrote in message ... I know this is an Intel newsgroup but as there is no AMD group I have to ask my questions here. I have 3 questions about an Athlon64. 1. Does an Athlon64 motherboard require special video cards etc or can it just take standard cards? Nope, should run every video card on the market (assuming PCI-Express cards arn't out yet, support for that will come soon). 2. Is there an AMD64 version of Windows XP? Not yet, MS is slow to release new software 3. Do I need special software to run on that 64-bit Windows or will standard 32 apps run just fine? Most people who own AMD-64 today are happily running the standard edition of WindowsXP Sorry if these questions are a bit basic but I would really appreciate your help. Don't worry about it. Thanks, Mary |
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Mary Richards wrote:
I know this is an Intel newsgroup but as there is no AMD group I have to ask my questions here. I have 3 questions about an Athlon64. You could have asked on comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips. More or less the same topics as on comp.sys.intel, but more generalized. And there are various AMD newsgroups out there, such as the alt.comp.hardware.amd.* heirarchy. 1. Does an Athlon64 motherboard require special video cards etc or can it just take standard cards? Completely standard AGP, or PCI, or PCI-E video cards 2. Is there an AMD64 version of Windows XP? It uses the standard 32-bit Windows XP so far. The full 64-bit XP is only a beta right now. 3. Do I need special software to run on that 64-bit Windows or will standard 32 apps run just fine? Yeah, standard 32-bit apps will run just fine on the 64-bit Windows. In fact, those 32-bit apps are likely to run better, since they'll have access to more memory for themselves, not having to share any of it with the OS itself. Yousuf Khan |
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