64 Bit Machines and games?

[Frenchy]

Anyone got a 64 Bit Athlon running the usual gamut of high end games
and any problems?

Just about to buy a new machine they tell me will run everything.

Anything I shud be watching out for?

Frenchy

 

[E McCann]

Haven't got one here, but between knowing 1-2 folks that do and the variety
of online reviews of these systems, there doesn't seem to be a problem.

 

[Paul Smith]

Anyone got a 64 Bit Athlon running the usual gamut of high end games
and any problems?

Just about to buy a new machine they tell me will run everything.

Anything I shud be watching out for?

If you're using it in 32bit mode, with a regular version of Windows then no
basically.

If you do want to jump ahead and use the pre-release trial Windows 64bit,
check to make sure 64bit drivers are available - not many people have
released them yet. Both the OS and the drivers are still beta, and in most
benchmarks (games the most) aren't up to the speed of 32bit yet.

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[Guest]

Give it about a year or so and I'll probably get one. Hopefully Intel will have one.
I've heard Athlon's tend to overheat. Have any of you experienced that problem?

 

[E McCann]

They only overheat if not cooled properly or the CPU fan dies - same with
Intel. Intel, BTW, *does* have a 64 bit processor - but you won't find one
in a consumer system. They're pushing an extended Pentium IV for a while.

I've run AMD for years, and have never had an overheating problem.

Give it about a year or so and I'll probably get one. Hopefully Intel will have one.
I've heard Athlon's tend to overheat. Have any of you experienced that

problem?

 

[Paul Smith]

Give it about a year or so and I'll probably get one. Hopefully Intel will have one.
I've heard Athlon's tend to overheat. Have any of you experienced that

problem?

The new Athlon 64's are very very cool. A lot cooler then Pentium 4's.

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Yeovil, UK.
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[Guest]

Do you think they will come out with a Pentium V

----- E McCann wrote: ----

They only overheat if not cooled properly or the CPU fan dies - same wit
Intel. Intel, BTW, *does* have a 64 bit processor - but you won't find on
in a consumer system. They're pushing an extended Pentium IV for a while

I've run AMD for years, and have never had an overheating problem

Give it about a year or so and I'll probably get one. Hopefully Inte will have one
I've heard Athlon's tend to overheat. Have any of you experienced tha

problem

 

[E McCann]

Eventually. They *could* have called the latest-and-greatest (not the EE)
the Pentium V, but didn't want to confuse things further...

Didn't quite work, there are (IIRC) about 3 slightly different Pentium IVs
out there now...

 

[Guest]

The new Athlon 64's are very very cool. A lot cooler then Pentium 4's

Cool, lo

----- Paul Smith wrote: ----

Give it about a year or so and I'll probably get one. Hopefully Inte will have one
I've heard Athlon's tend to overheat. Have any of you experienced tha

problem

The new Athlon 64's are very very cool. A lot cooler then Pentium 4's

--
Paul Smith
Yeovil, UK
http://www.smirnov.demon.co.uk
http://www.doom3portal.com/ A Doom 3 fansite

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[Guest]

Has anybody seen any comparisions b/t the 64 bit and the P4 3.4? Which one won the battle
Which got the better ratings?

 

[Joshua Smith [MSFT]]

I don't have any benchmarks for comparison, but visually the AMD64 systems I
test are much faster than any of my 32 bit systems with either 32-bit or
64-bit OS's loaded. An example is that my 32-bit machines take about 2
minuets to delete a test OS install off a partition (dual boot setup). My
AMD64 machines take about 10 seconds to delete the same amount of data.

Joshua Smith
DirectInput and OpenGL Test Labs
Microsoft

 

[Guest]

I myself bought an Alienware with the AMD Athlon FX-51 2.2 GHZ 32/64-bit Processor in it, and I'll be the first to say that there are no problems with anything...having an Alienware it is of course 5950 ultra, gig of Corsair XMS PC-3200 memory, 250 gig SATA hard drive, just to give you an idea of the equipment...but to answer this topic's question, no problems. Installed 64-bit trial on secondary drive, faster than a bat out of hell. 64-bit FarCry coming out within the month, so be looking for more smiles on my face.

 

[Guest]

Dude, you spent some bucks$$$. I go to Alienware all the time and create my dream machine.
You actually bought one!! lol..

----- Jesse Johnston wrote: -----

I myself bought an Alienware with the AMD Athlon FX-51 2.2 GHZ 32/64-bit Processor in it, and I'll be the first to say that there are no problems with anything...having an Alienware it is of course 5950 ultra, gig of Corsair XMS PC-3200 memory, 250 gig SATA hard drive, just to give you an idea of the equipment...but to answer this topic's question, no problems. Installed 64-bit trial on secondary drive, faster than a bat out of hell. 64-bit FarCry coming out within the month, so be looking for more smiles on my face.

 

[Guest]

I can open a 150 meg image inb about 7 second s i have a athlon 64 3200 + 1meg l2 cache 2.0 ghz cpu speed on a gig of ddr 3200 a gigabyte geforce fx 5950 ultra gt