which cpu now?
Forum Overclocking : AMD - which cpu now?
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thanks Wes, you've been here for a few years now i expect, i tech posted
here 5 years ago during the slot a and duron erea, different handle now, i
know what goes here, keep up the good work, your an asset where many techs
gave up because of all the trols that spin through here, it may look like
that from my post, but look closely... peace...
"Wes Newell" <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:14:18 -0600, Steve Wolfe wrote:
>
> >> hey all, what's the buzz now at the end of 32bit and should i wait
> >> before going 64? many thanks in advance...
> >
> > The end of 32-bits? It's been over four years since AMD released the
> > 3200+, and they've let the 32-bit line sit since then.
>
> The Athlon XP was introduced About 3 years ago, and the 3200+ XP was only
> introduced a little more than a year ago, not anywhere close to over 4
> years ago, Just over 1 year (unless you equate a year to 3 months).:-)
>
> > In fact, they've been trimming down the 32-bit line slowly but surely.
> > It's a matter of when, and signs don't point to it being very far away.
> >
> I think they'll follow the marketplace with this. After all, the just
> released Sempron 3100+ for socket 754 is only 32bit, and there's plans to
> go higher with 32bit CPU's for socket 754. I see 32bit being here for some
> time to come. A least 2 more years. But I guess you could say that that's
> not too far away.
>
> --
> Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
> http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm
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you'll make a good tech, hmmm, excuse, you already are...
will just have to see how screwed up MS makes lamehorns 64 os, 32 may be
viable for years imho... go lunix 
"Steve Wolfe" <unt@see-signature.com> wrote in message
news:2tss7gF22kiniU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > >> hey all, what's the buzz now at the end of 32bit and should i wait
> > >> before going 64? many thanks in advance...
> > >
> > > The end of 32-bits? It's been over four years since AMD released
the
> > > 3200+, and they've let the 32-bit line sit since then.
> >
> > The Athlon XP was introduced About 3 years ago, and the 3200+ XP was
only
> > introduced a little more than a year ago, not anywhere close to over 4
> > years ago, Just over 1 year (unless you equate a year to 3 months).:-)
>
> Hmmm... it looks like I was very mistaken. I did a search on "Athlon
3200
> release date", and the pages talking about the release were from 2000. I
> should have done a sanity-check.
>
>
> > > In fact, they've been trimming down the 32-bit line slowly but
surely.
> > > It's a matter of when, and signs don't point to it being very far
away.
> > >
> > I think they'll follow the marketplace with this. After all, the just
> > released Sempron 3100+ for socket 754 is only 32bit, and there's plans
to
> > go higher with 32bit CPU's for socket 754. I see 32bit being here for
some
> > time to come. A least 2 more years. But I guess you could say that
that's
> > not too far away.
>
> There's no doubt they'll go where the money is - but I don't think the
> money is going to be in the 32-bit line. Even though they introduces a
> 32-bit Sempron, they've said that the entire Athlon line is going away -
> which would leave only the one 32-bit Sempron.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against 32-bitness. I just don't
think
> the market is going to be there to make it worth their while, and their
> estimations seem to support that. : )
>
> steve
>
>
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