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athon 64x2 – bennythebear

bennythebear

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 		i just bought an athlong 64x2 3800+ and i was wondering what's the differenct between the original athlon 64? are the x2's actual two 64 bit cores?

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Originally posted by bennythebear:
i just bought an athlong 64x2 3800+ and i was wondering what's the differenct between the original athlon 64? are the x2's actual two 64 bit cores?

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The Athlon 64 X2 is the first dual-core desktop CPU manufactured by AMD. It is essentially a processor consisting of two Athlon 64 cores joined together on one die with additional control logic. The cores share one dual-channel memory controller, are based on the E-stepping model of Athlon 64 and, depending on the model, have either 512 or 1024 KiB of L2-Cache per core. The X2 is capable of decoding SSE3 instructions (except those few specific to Intel's architecture), so it can run and benefit from software optimizations that were previously only supported by Intel chips. This enhancement is not unique to the X2, and is also available in the Venice and San Diego single core Athlon 64's. AMD officially started shipping the Athlon 64 X2 at Computex, on 1 June 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64_x2

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 		I'm sure the difference is a couple extra dollars :P hehe

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bennythebear

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From: kentucky,usa
Registered: 12-13-2003
 		well it was like $105 and some change, maybe $106. so considering i paid $90 something for 2.0ghz pentium 4 back in the day i'm amazed . i never buy the latest and greatest(because i can't afford it), but i'm sure this one will out perform the 933 pIII i'm using right now .

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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

proverbs 25:7
open rebuke is better than secret love.

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