On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:00:07 +0800, Miguel A Paraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this a valid conclusion: Today, AMD64 only makes sense on servers > (like Opterons) where the on-die memory controller will make a > difference. On a desktop, the power saving features will be more > significant than 64-bit registers.
Bingo. for desktop, i really don't care about the 64bit. Useful though when 64 bit OS/Apps would be widespread/mature in the future. To add why it's better for a desktop: 1. Cool n quite technology as you've said. 2. Benchmarks are alluding it to be roughly the same or faster compared to a 3.2Ghz Pentium 4 & almost half the price too. 3. Better with games overall compared to a Pentium. To the orig poster, yes amd64 is worth it. But if you can wait for a few months, the better. dual core CPU from Intel/Amd will come out, thus pushing the prices even lower. regards, Andre -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
