Newbie question: is A64 worth it right 'now'?

[silly_rabbit]

A problem kept bugging me..
Is Amd 64 really performs that well right now for windows
based computer? I mean as far as I know M$ haven’t launch their
64 bit OS haven’t they? Neither much programs out there supports
64 bit processing. Is it really worth a upgrade from lets say an
Athelon XP to an AMD 64?


Easter is near....

 

[JustysRule]

goto to the main toms hardware site and goto the cpu guide, click on the cpu charts part II, and look at the benchmarks. You tell me.

 

[Crashman]

Silly_Rabbit, the A64 is a 32-bit processor with 64-bit extensions. All the performance advantages people have mentioned are in 32-bit applications, the 64-bit extensions are a nice added feature for the future.

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