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    Ja mata, TosaInu Forum Administrator edyzmedieval's Avatar
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    So you guys suggest getting a chipset from this generation?
    AMD64/Pentium IV?!
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    No, I suggest you not throwing away your money on top-of-the-line stuff
    It's not worth it, you might not benefit from all its "features", and you might get the same visible performance from a cheaper thingie.

    As a rule of thumb, it usually doesn't pay to be in the first wave that adopts any new tech.
    Especially in computer-related stuff, where things get cheaper quite fast.
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    Actually, if I were building a computer and I wanted it to be stable and great for gaming for, say, the next year, I would buy an AMD64 system. And not one of the new, fancy AM2 rigs, but rather the 939 pin version. Prices will be dropping, performance is only a couple of percentage points off the new platform, etc. And I certainly wouldn't wait for Conroe, which will need to get through its birthing pains before I would want to approach it.

    So yeah. If you're building a rig soonish, I'd say go with AMD64. And for Pete's sake, don't buy the FX60. Grab an Opteron with one meg per core and overclock that sucker.

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    Conroe does not support 64 bit extensions.
    Oh yes it does.
    maybe those guys should be doing something more useful...

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    Thanks for the suggestions. Looking now....
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