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Hammerhead Shark
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Multitasking helped by Win64 for Smithfield 820
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I can't figure this out, do I really need to upgrade to XP Pro 64 to take advantage of my new Smithfield 820? Mostly I am wondering if I need to use it to run most of the background tasks and current threads using the different cores. Thanks Jake |
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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The 64-bit architecture and dual-core architecture are two separate features of that CPU. The dual core will work in anything but XP Home (for now), but you need a 64-bit OS to take advantage of the larger addressable space and to run 64-bit apps.
So the short answer is: Upgrade to x64 if you want, but you don't have to. You should be plenty happy with XP Pro and that processor.
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