Hi.
I am building a new PC and will make it feature an AMD processor. But because i used to follow intel before, im having some trouble interpreting AMD products. On the ncix website, i saw that an A64 3700+ was "True 64-bit", but on AskAMD it said that A64's are only supported by 32-bit OS. Now if i want to run windows xp 64-bit, will an A64 be able to run it or will i need to get an X2?
Sorry for the newb question. Any help is much appreciated
Thanks

welcome to the forum.

glad to see your turning from the dark side...
A64 3700 is a great cpu if your thinking of getting it.

all a64s and x2s are 64 bit cpus and will run on a 64 bit operating system.
i think the site ment that they will also run on a32 bit os.

the a64 and x2 are very similar chips,the x2 just has two a64 cores on chip.

if you need any more help interpreting AMD products,modle numbers and clock speeds and such,just ask here.

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thanks for the fast reply, sure cleared things up.
1 more thing, i saw on one of the subforums here that the model number means what the CPU would run at if it was a intel CPU. so,
3200+ = 3.2 GHz
3700+ = 3.7 GHz
Is this true or just a rumour?

it is a rough comparision by chance.

an a3200+ will general be faster in most applications than a normal p4(prescott) running at 3.2Ghz.

the model number has to do with the cpu being equal to an older amd cpu core (t-bred) i if it were to be running at the speed:
a64 3200+ = axp t-bred running at 3.2ghz.

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As far as games goes, an AMD64 3700 running 2.2ghz with 1mb cache, will perform better in games then any Pentium4 released to date, unless its overclocked past 4.2ghz or so.

I know it takes a Pentium4 running at 5.2ghz 2mb cache to outperform an FX-55 (2.6ghz AMD64, 1mb cache) in all games. This is only achievable with extreme cooling.

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