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epauls
12-18-03, 10:08 AM
Has anyone got one of these bad boys folding yet??
OCn00b
12-18-03, 10:19 AM
From what was talked about a while back, they won't fold much faster than an XP until a 64bit client comes out. With amd pursuing 64bit, perhaps there will be a new client in the near future.
PCGUY112887
12-18-03, 10:53 AM
Wow. A farm running all 64bit's, and Folding@Home version 5.5 64bit edition ;) ;)
Deathknight
12-18-03, 11:11 AM
Ugg, anybody that can afford a farm of athlon 64s needs to share the wealth... with me ;)
PCGUY112887
12-18-03, 03:32 PM
Maybe we could ask AMD and Intel to donate powerful processors for advertisement, but fat chance :p
nut581
12-18-03, 04:11 PM
I have 2 in my hands right now, but I don't have any board to run them .. :( ... and probably won't until new year .. no more fund for another layer ... grrrrr
Loud
12-18-03, 05:23 PM
Wouldn't a 64 bit client require a 64 bit OS?
axlecrusher
12-18-03, 08:18 PM
Linux has the 64bit OS covered. How far away is windows?

Axle
PCGUY112887
12-18-03, 09:01 PM
Windows has had a 64bit version of XP for a while...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.asp

BTW I found this to be a shock

Windows XP 64–Bit Edition supports up to 16 GB of RAM and 16 TB of virtual memory

Humm, what can I do with 16GB of ram... Wonder what motherboard could hold that much ;)
Fast420A
12-18-03, 11:46 PM
Originally posted by PCGUY112887
Windows has had a 64bit version of XP for a while...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.asp

BTW I found this to be a shock

Humm, what can I do with 16GB of ram... Wonder what motherboard could hold that much ;)


Here's a few

http://supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/GC_LE/X5DL8-GG.htm
http://supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/E7501/X5DP8.htm
http://supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/E7501/X5DPE.htm
http://supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/E7501/X5DPi.htm
http://supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/E7500/P4DP8.htm



Just look around here
http://supermicro.com/Product_page/product-mS.htm
Loud
12-19-03, 04:28 PM
Is the Intel Xeon a 64-bit CPU?

EDIT: ... and I don't see any non-Intel boards at any of those Supermicro links. Don't they like AMD???
Arkaine23
12-19-03, 04:42 PM
NO, xeons are 32 bit. Itaniums are 64bit. And 64bit XP only works for itaniums, not for AMD64.
epauls
12-20-03, 12:19 AM
You sure about that Ark? I have been told different.
Audioaficionado
12-20-03, 12:24 AM
Arkaine is correct. The AMD64 version isn't released yet. Only the Itaniums have 64 bit windows.