Re: New AMD64 System I'm building

If I was building a new system I'd probably go whole hog for the 64bit. Just
have to work backwards, get a list of devices that already have 64 bit
drivers and pick from that. It's always like that when new technologies come
out.

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"Mark Dunakin" <md@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Gareee© wrote:
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>>"Zafar" <zafar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>Mark Dunakin wrote:
>>>
>>>>Anyway, should be a fun system and 4gigs RAM won't hurt anything :)
>>>>
>>>Sweet system! :)
>>>
>>>Let me know it goes with the 4gig. A collegue of mine had
>>>his computer upgraded to 4gig, but it doesn't seem like
>>>XP Pro recognizes it all, although the system is build for
>>>it.
>>>
>>
>>My understanding is that on a 32 bit system, the system sorta uses 2 gig
>>"banks" to add more then 2 gig. If he upgrades to xp64 though, he'll havve
>>full normal access without os bank switching, which will give him a bigger
>>speed increase of course.
>>
>>Downside is that many drivers still are not written for the 64 bit os...
>>
>>
>>
> This is my understanding as well.
> And that's why I'm going to hold off for just a little while to see how
> many drivers and whatnots
> get up to date to work with that OS, as for right now I can deal with the
> 32bit version for the time being.
> I'll just have to keep my eyes open and watch how things move along.
> In either case, I think I'll be having loads of fun until then anyway :)
>
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