Actually Microsoft has a 64 bit version of XP out to buy and as far as i know there's a few 64bit Lynx OS's out there.
Isnt it beta tho? I wouldnt really trust my main computer running a beta OS, and as for Linux, to technical for me. I like everything nice and interfacey
Yes your right, MS do have a 64 bit OS but its beta, and laccks heaps of things normal xp has, eg, windows media player, ability to burn to CD's, etc. But i have to agree with skidme. Hopefully they wont charge an arma nd a leg to buy the upgraded 64 bit OS when it arrives.
Oh yeah and do u really need to buy it? I thought Microsoft was giving out free 1-year trials of it? Maybe I'm wrong...Maybe it's a different version?
Eh? Wot! .. [bold] No [/bold] 64 bit operating system? [bold] Silly [/bold] AMD for bringing out a processor that no one can fully utilise? Listen dudes (I did think of another word) its not all about the Windoze operating system and directx driven games. The opteron when it first came out was just awesome, and for a multiprocessor app it was rockin. There are some very good operating systems out there that will fully utilise the 64bits of AMD stonking power and I've tried SUSE 9.2 to try one. Don't forget the server segment also that need some secure OS to stay online. If you ask me and I know you aren't, and I don't care - I would boycot microsoft for hanging around the rear end of intel for so long and not providing the paying monopolised (exploited, used, abused, dumbed down, cheated)public with a 64 bit OS. (bah! that's my rant over)
I agree with you Molks that MS and intel should have done something about a 64 bit OS by now, maybe they are just biding their time, developing a kick ass 64bit chip as well as a 64bit OS to go with it when they launch the 64bit processor,thus pipping AMD at the post? But what im saying is there are no readily available, 'walk into any pc store', and pick up a user friendly 64 bit OS. Not yet anyway. Hopefully soon, a 64bit OS will be as readily availbale and backwards compatible with users who are still on XP 32bit. This is why i think MS havent brought out their 64 OS yet as they are gonna launch it at the same time as their 64 bit processor, and totally cash in, while AMD users have to pay extra to upgrade their system.
is AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) a good processor to buy for gaming or pentium is better?
Although, the pentium D processor looks like it could give the AMD 64 a good run for its money. It can support 64 bit OS and seems to me that its intels main rival to the AMD 64. Pretty expensive though.
I agree with the whole AMD thing here. I had a P4 3.4ghz a while back and it was not as good as even my old AMD 64 3200+ (in my opinion). Plus the P4's get much hotter. Apologies if I'm just repeating what everyone has already said here! By the way Pulsar......do you really have a gixxer 750? Biking is my other passion you see! Although I'm a Kawasaki man myself (1996 ZX-7R Ninja).
Had a 98 GSXR 750, 'til someone nicked her a couple of years ago. We went to the South of France in 2000 & across northern Germany in 2001. I loved that bike. I love the South of France. Monaco rocks! I prefer Suzukis, she loved to headshake & I loved it when she did!
My mate has a 2000 gixxer 750. It's pretty nice but I find them way too common these days so have opted for my classic Ninja 750 superbike. Sure it's a bit heavier but I've outcornered many a newer and lighter bike and I can still get 170mph down the straight at Brands Hatch. Just wish I could afford more trackdays! Sorry to go off topic guys! Here's my other expensive toy! And me looking rather silly!
I can not understand why everyone keeps going on about AMD's being overly better for games than Pentiums (Benchmarks don't mean much it’s how it performs that matters), i have to say that i had no problems gaming with my last P4 (1.6ghz) and my current P4 (3ghz) in fact they have be outstanding in my view. Isn’t it the Gfx card & RAM that makes the real difference rather than the CPU?
Hey P4, You are right in the sense that your GPU is the most important piece of hardware for 3d intensive programmes. But saying that, the GPU still has to interface with the CPU. This becomes all more important when using Sli mode, as two GPU's increase the CPU's workload and some games you get a CPU bottleneck where the GPU's end up waiting for the CPU to do it's part. I'm by no means an expert but this is how it was explained to me and I think I understood it correctly.
