64 bit processing

***Zardon*** · Apr 10, 2005, 02:52 PM

you know the drill, vote.

Blazer · Apr 10, 2005, 03:15 PM

What about those of us who won't be upgrading to 64 bit any time soon?

Ev!L-aLphA · Apr 10, 2005, 03:21 PM

im planning to upgrade to a 64bit amd proccessor soon

(within a year or 2 LOL)

Sargentwhitey · Apr 10, 2005, 03:43 PM

Have had a 64bit processor for over a year now. Just waiting to upgrade to that 64bit OS

Lowfat · Apr 10, 2005, 03:57 PM

hopefully in a month or two. just waiting for the sapphire board with the xpress chipset to be released.

interspaced · Apr 10, 2005, 04:19 PM

i'm awaiting the release of 64-bit xp, then i'm buying a new computer amd ready

Majin GeoDooD · Apr 10, 2005, 05:20 PM

I just recently got my Athlon 64

, and will probably be replacing it with a Venice when those are available.

CDsDontBurn · Apr 10, 2005, 05:31 PM

not upgrading to 64bit for a while. my p4 is doing me just fine right now.

ReDGuiTaR · Apr 10, 2005, 07:16 PM

I will go AMD soon ... as soon as we can get a confirmation if the current mobo on the market will work with dual core cpu ..otherwise i will wait until dual proc release

eggs420 · Apr 10, 2005, 07:36 PM

What of those of us using 64-bit hardware with 32-bit software/os?

GeneralClaymore · Apr 11, 2005, 12:11 AM

i going over to 939 . getting a a64 vince and a 24pin psu for my 939 mobo . i got every esle thing thats needed .

Drakon · Apr 11, 2005, 01:10 AM

I moved to 64bit in Jan. A64 3500+ Winchester

Shaga · Apr 11, 2005, 03:13 AM

I got my 64bit hardware running during early january. A64 3500+ Newcastle.

Callisto · Apr 11, 2005, 04:48 AM

Got an AMD 64 3000+, upgrading to 64 bit Windows when it arrives in Australia

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 11, 2005, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sargentwhitey

Have had a 64bit processor for over a year now. Just waiting to upgrade to that 64bit OS

me too! I just got my 1st one a few weaks ago...

Trying to get my hands on the 64bit OS

ASAP

FDM80 · Apr 11, 2005, 08:06 AM

I voted that I won't be going any time soon. I have a feeling that my first entry into 64-bit will also be my first dual core venture. Probably an AMD chip as well. Just waiting to see what happens really.

Callandor · Apr 11, 2005, 08:17 AM

I have interest in 64bit processors, but I don't think I'll be upgrading to one soon. When I do upgrade, it'll be to an AMD.

RIV@NVX · Apr 11, 2005, 10:01 AM

I'm using AMD64, but I'm not using 64-bit OS or apps. I think that most people choose Athlon64 because it's a good processor, not because of 64-bit support, since it's far from beeing usable to average user, from what I heard (I haven't tried it, but I might if I get a hold of Win64 or if I get brave enough to download and install amd64 version of Ubuntu).

Callandor · Apr 11, 2005, 10:21 AM

There's an AMD64 version out of Ubuntu?

Ubergrendle · Apr 11, 2005, 11:28 AM

I'm 64-bit AMDing upon my latest system refresh, however i figure it will be at least another full year before i"m running a 64-bit OS. I bought Athlon 64 more as a future-proofing measure than a desire to use it right away... it was at a good pricepoint and had very good x86 performance for the timebeing.

Not alot of Itanics floating around, even with their second iteration, eh?

Sandok · Apr 11, 2005, 12:58 PM

Not interested... No money and wel, only when something really interesting it out shall I switch!

Pluvious · Apr 11, 2005, 01:21 PM

Not for me. I'm not about to re-buy all my stuff yet again. I'm hopeing my rig can last a year or more as it is now. Maybe when its struggling to run games in a few years, I'll consider doing the upgrade. Which to me, means a new mobo, ram, proc and god knows what else. I can wait.

tastyweat · Apr 11, 2005, 02:51 PM

I'm going to be using Athlon 64 by july at the latest... gonna grab all computer parts at the same time and I want to see what ATi's next gen is looking like and what the FX57 is looking like before i make my decision.... possibly even wait for ATi's SLI

Spyro124 · Apr 11, 2005, 03:00 PM

Using it for a while, right as it is now, I just see this as some big marketing scam, allthough it's pretty l33t to say that you have a 64bit system.

Dark Lord · Apr 11, 2005, 03:05 PM

ive been using it since about july, so far i love my A64 3200+. beats the hell ouf of my old p3 667mghz. not to mention i got one hell of a deal on it, which makes me love it all the more.

Lok · Apr 11, 2005, 05:03 PM

I'm keeping my current rig for at least a year, maybe two if I can stretch it so I chose "not interested" as purchasing soon to me means a few weeks/months but not a year.

technonerd · Apr 11, 2005, 05:34 PM

I have Intel 2.8C ghz and it's OC to 3.2 for now. My computer still working great for 2 years with 9700 pro

lucky I didn't buy 3.2, it's a waste of money of you can easily OC 2.8 to 3.2.

Soon as OS 64-bit come out, will get 64-bit system(with intel or amd, depend which is better for me) include next gen video card

Been saving alots of money for the last two years, so good news for me

Also planning to get Toyota Tacoma soon

DarkFoss · Apr 11, 2005, 06:48 PM

I've had mine since December. It's one mean folding machine

Not too much luck with any of 64 bit linux distros yet, although Mandrake 64 rc1 club edition does work pretty well. Tried the 64 bit Live Ubuntu yesterday, no sound with my Audigy2zs and alot of unknown hardware listed needless to say I'm not going to try to install it.

I am looking forward to the Vidalinux 1.2 due in June as a way to install Gentoo 64. I don't want to change my partitioning or dedicate a whole harddrive to linux just yet, and I'm not comfortable manually setting the harddrive peramaters. The Anaconda installer is just soo much simpler even though I'll wind up with a stage 3 install. I just hope I don't wind up with the dreaded kernel panic, Mandrake is the only distro I've tried that gets grub right every time.