Can an AMD Athlon 64 processor located on a socket 754 motherboard support 64 bit applications?
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Can an AMD Athlon 64 processor located on a socket 754 motherboard support 64 bit applications?
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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.
I wouldn't worry about it. Heavens, they are still making motherboards with 754 socket with the fairly new PCI-Express support:
Some Socket 754 motherboards with PCIe:
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7591-0.html?forumID=26&threadID=113370&messageID=1288902&tag=