Pro's and con's of 64 bit chip?

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triplehelix
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Pro's and con's of 64 bit chip?

What are the tangeble benifits of a 64 bit chip? I am super partial to AMD but I'm not really clear what 64 bits will and will not do for my computing experience. Are there any negatives?

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06-27-2002 11:18 PM

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None, ALL code has to be rewritten for a pure 64bit chip, and we already use 32/64bit hybrids, SSE and 3dnow! are 64bit FPU extensions, there is no use for a 64bit chip, and its already been proven many of todays apps that have been ported to 64bit Cisc run slower.

06-28-2002 02:03 PM

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