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Story: Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660
Posted by: Fredrik Tolf (Saturday 5 March 2005, 1:44 AM)
While it's nice to see some competition in the 64-bit desktop market, I honestly don't see the big deal. 64-bit computing don't give a significant advantage except for (very) large servers, where big programs need 64-bit addressing to map enough memory (>4 GiB).
As for desktop users who don't even have 4 GiB RAM that can be mapped (few people even have 4 GiB _virtual_ memory), 64-bit computing matters very little. While it doesn't hurt either, I don't see what the hype's about.
That said, I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of 64-bit Linux benchmarks, considering x86_64 Linux has been out there for a long time and is probably a lot more mature that x86_64 Windows. It would probably give a more fair comparison.
Also, I'm a bit impressed by how well AMD's CPU, running at 2.4 GHz, matches the performance of Intel's 3.6 GHz CPU. I have to admit, I wouldn't have guessed.
Last, a few corrections:
* The author sounded almost surprised to see that the 32-bit version of Quake II ran faster than the 64-bit version. This isn't very strange. 64-bit computing does not yield any performance advantages in and of itself (outside the large-number-crunching world, that is), since almost no programs have any major use for that large numbers anyway. Considering that, it's not very surprising that 32-bit versions are more mature and have been more optimized than the more recent 64-bit versions.
* The power management technology is not called Cool 'n' Quiet, but PowerNow. Cool 'n' Quiet is the name given for the combined effect of a K8-PowerNow-compliant CPU, compliant motherboard and thermistor-regulated CPU fan.
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Story: Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660
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Why no Linux based benchmarks? 64 bit linux has a... James Essex -
64 bit Linux isn't even considered in the art... davidm -
You know what's funny? I read these articles... Anonymous Cowheard
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Mostly directed at ubah Linux hardcorz:
How a... Michael Jaars
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That's because linux suck, get a grip Anonymous
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"64-bit computing [...] won't be a huge deal for t... Casper Wilstrup
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While it's nice to see some competition in the 64-... Fredrik Tolf -
In the case of architectures like Ultrasparc... Tim
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The games benchmarks are obviously limit... Filotti -
What an irritatingly Windows-centric view.
I need... Sean C, McCord
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Who cares about Windows anymore? Everyone is switc... Anonymous
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Linux, Linux, Linux. Do the review again! Jim
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not everyone is moving to linux!
dont be a la... that guys a lamer
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How about Linux benchmarks? Windows is pretty much... Anonymous
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what the fuck does the following mean "although th... Anonymous
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STFU you stupid Linux fanboys. All you guys... Skippity McDoody
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To say 64-bit versions of architectures... Anonymous -
Hopefully you do not use intel. If you do - d... rowan
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what the fcuk does the following mean "although th... Anonymous
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Look more like an Intel Press release than a bench... Paul Blair (toadlife)
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You need 64-bit windows to make best use of it?
Wh... michael goulish
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Sean, it doesn't seem to me that that is what the... Jason Archer
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Considering Microsoft's inability to provide... The Mitch
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"Intel may draw comfort from the fact that it has... Some Llama
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Itanium is truly 64 bits ok. read the article... Anonymous
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can't be 82%c. at that temp, your processor i... Anonymous
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I just recently bought the Intel Pentium... DeSi
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well to start off i think this article is sorta bi... Tyler
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Great review! Sorry to say that all you Linux lam... Anonymous
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Unless I'm missing something, neither AMD64 n... Cubase SX User
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I have bought the intel 660 ( 3,6GHz 64-bit) chip.... Kostis Tsiutras
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Windows Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Windows Fan
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AMD 64-bit improved my genetic algorithm optimizat... Anonymous
