from dual processor to 64bit

[funkysnair]

hi again guys...

just bought a amd 3.7+ 64bit san diego cpu, basicly im goin from dual processor to the san diego....

my dual was running 266mhz reg ecc memory which i know is no where neer fast these days but i have 2gig and although its not super fast it is very stable and is capable to multi task with ease due to the 2 x 2.4 chips runnin at 2.0 each...

do you guys think that if i get this new cpu and better memory it would out perform my old dual??

 

[Geoff]

It will increase performance in games, but most likely not in other tasks, but it depends on what kinds of chips you had in the older one.

 

[SirKenin]

It all boils down to what you were doing with it. You have to be running multithreaded apps and OS' to take advantage of dual processors to their fullest potential. If you weren't doing that I wouldn't have even had them to begin with (for example my file server is dual processor, but it is running a multithreaded OS and serves to multiple users).

If not, that antique AMD ought to do the job fine, especially in games.

 

[Geoff]

If not, that antique AMD ought to do the job fine, especially in games.

I wouldnt consider it an antique, since it's still AMD's highest performing and newest desktop CPU.

 

[SirKenin]

I wouldnt consider it an antique, since it's still AMD's highest performing and newest desktop CPU.

It's still old, by computer standards it's an antique.

 

[Iluvpenguins]

i still see it on the market,so no i dont think its an antique.

 

[funkysnair]

i dont think its an antique---

intel pentium 1 is antique

 

[SirKenin]

The A64 technology, while still on the market, is how old now? A year? Two years? That's an antique in a market that does a massive upheaval every 6 months. No wonder they are getting their asses kicked by Intel. They dumped everything they had into the A64 to take the speed crown, only to figure out they had no reserve. lol. By the time they release their next processor Intel will be squeezing CPUs onto the heads of pins.

 

[Geoff]

The A64 technology, while still on the market, is how old now? A year? Two years? That's an antique in a market that does a massive upheaval every 6 months. No wonder they are getting their asses kicked by Intel. They dumped everything they had into the A64 to take the speed crown, only to figure out they had no reserve. lol. By the time they release their next processor Intel will be squeezing CPUs onto the heads of pins.

Even the X2's are based off the A64, it is old but still a strong performer.

Intel was using the Netburst architecture for much longer.