Thread: New PC -- 64 bit or not?
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Old 03-05-2004, 23:43   #6
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Re: New PC -- 64 bit or not?
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Originally Posted by Pem
IMO there simply isn't enough 64 bit stuff about (like operating systems ) to make it worth it. If you buy one now, then virtually everything you run on it will be 32 bit - and by the time it's 64 bit capabilities are well supported, you will probably be replacing it again anyway. It's your choice of course, but I would stick with 32 bit for now.
Yeah, but the limited FSB on the 32-bit Athlon's suck. I say if you want 32-bit go for a P4 with 800MHz FSB and HT, if you want 32/64-bit go for A-64 (preferably the FX-51 or 53).
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