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"Magnulus" <magnulus@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>> ........in the case of the AMD X2 processors ( 90nm, SOI process)
>> when compared to the current (130nm) version of the single-core
>> equivalent running at the same clock-speed.
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> That's apples to oranges, you aren't comparing chips with the same
> process. And an Athlon 3800 is not exactly a low power chip anyways.
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>> Plug-in replacement ( after BIOS update ) on most Socket-939
>> motherboards. No need to upgrade power-supply or cooling.
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> So you think a 430 watt power supply will hack it?
I'll be seeing soon enough. Mine is running on a Thermaltake PurePower 420W
right now. I'll pick up a good 550W ps though. I'll be adding a couple
more drives to this one.
> Somehow, I don't think so. Especially when you factor in every other
> component is consuming more power in a PC now, too. The Creative X-Fi is
> going to use alot more power than most ordinary sound cards, for instance.
> But I'd rather have my power going to something I will use, rather than
> something I won't. And I don't see dual core processors at all being
> useful for over a year or more, not for games anyways, though they might
> have productivity benefits.
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>> Any so-called 'enthusiast' building a 'performance' PC system today
>> would be an idiot if he/she did not actively consider dual-core ---
>> specifically one of AMD's offerings.
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> I considered dual core, but I decided to go with the Socket 939
> motherboard and a regular Athlon 64 just for the potential to upgrade to
> dual core and dual channel memory. At the moment I think dual core in a
> non-feature, though, even worse than 64-bit support. If you are into
> productivity apps, you might benefit from dual core, but even then most
> people running typical office apps aren't going to see any real
> improvement.
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The 64 bit dual core cpu's are bleeding cutting edge right now. There isn't
much 64 bit support for Windows 64. There are NO current drivers for my
printer, scanner or pen tablet. So I dual boot to standard XP Pro for that
stuff, and boot to XP x64 for horsing around with the games n stuff.
I remember when XP was released retail, lots of manufacturers were busy the
first year with fixing driver problems.
But, some manufacturers aren't going to fix their drivers for 'non
professional hardware' to work with a 64 bit op sys. Wacom is one of those.
Nvidia and ATI are at the front of the bus there
Looks like this is
where 77.77 is *good*... as 64 bit
McG.