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Question about AMD Athlon 64

Jul 29, 2005 4:03AM PDT

Can an AMD Athlon 64 processor located on a socket 754 motherboard support 64 bit applications?

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(NT) (NT) That's what it's designed to do.
Jul 29, 2005 4:04AM PDT
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Thanks for responding
Jul 29, 2005 4:12AM PDT

I had the impression that a computer with this setup could support 64 bit applications. But, I've read other posts on this site that have implied because of the lower cache an AMD Athlon 64 processor located on a socket 754 motherboard can not support 64 bit extensions. So I was just hoping that someone could clear things up for me.

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(NT) (NT) Then AMD would get sued for false advertisement
Jul 29, 2005 5:12AM PDT
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If you have Athlon 64 with 754 socket
Jul 29, 2005 7:11AM PDT
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(NT) (NT) only if you are running a 64-bit OS
Jul 29, 2005 7:59AM PDT
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Thanks for the Responses
Jul 29, 2005 9:19AM PDT

I really appreciate you trying to help me out. I think I figured out the answer to my question though.