In article , Wes Newell
writes
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:46:42 +0000, Courseyauto wrote:

I dont understand AMD's reason for the 64 but there sure wont be many
sold,kind of a pointless exercise.

It's a 64bit cpu. That's reason enough to buy one if you need real power.
Running 64bit apps, it'll blow away 32bit machines. Consider a 16bit cpu
(8086) compared to a 32bit cpu (386DX). And the platform will have more
room for expansion. This is the next generation.

My point was that, for the time being, there are no 64-bit apps or a
64-bit OS to run them on, so it's the processors 32-bit performance that
matters.

As and when 64-bit takes off, Prescott has the Yamhill 64-bit extensions
lying in wait, with which Intel can seriously rain on AMD's parade.

The P4 2.4chas to be the buy of the century right now,hyperthreading,and
overclocks like crazy for about $170.

And I can beat it in most apps with a $43 AMD cpu overclocked to 2.4GHz.
Now that's what I call a buy.:-)

EXACTLY!

This is AMD's major problem! They are very popular amongst users such
as us because their processors are cheap and can be overclocked, but AMD
can't afford to sell cheap processors anymore. They need people to
start buying the more expensive ones if they are to make any real money,
and as long as you can buy a dirt cheap CPU and overclock the tits off
it, who the hell is gonna buy an A64?
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Toby