AMD 64 and folding?

[epauls]

Has anyone got one of these bad boys folding yet??

 

[OCn00b]

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]

Wow. A farm running all 64bit's, and Folding@Home version 5.5 64bit edition

 

[Deathknight]

Ugg, anybody that can afford a farm of athlon 64s needs to share the wealth... with me

 

[PCGUY112887]

Maybe we could ask AMD and Intel to donate powerful processors for advertisement, but fat chance

 

[nut581]

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]

Wouldn't a 64 bit client require a 64 bit OS?

 

[axlecrusher]

Linux has the 64bit OS covered. How far away is windows?

Axle

 

[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

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]

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]

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]

NO, xeons are 32 bit. Itaniums are 64bit. And 64bit XP only works for itaniums, not for AMD64.

 

[epauls]

You sure about that Ark? I have been told different.

 

[Audioaficionado]

Arkaine is correct. The AMD64 version isn't released yet. Only the Itaniums have 64 bit windows.