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AMD 64 2800, Win XP-64 and Gentoo 64 bit dual boot. I have benched it dead even against a 3 gig P4 running Win XP-32. That is pretty good for a 1.8 Ghz machine.
My main is a gentoo amd64 box. Definitely a sweet workstation. Gotta dually Octane SGI mips box too running Irix for a legacy app or two as well. The amd64 is a great workstation proc.
I’m using an AMD Athlon 64. I run Fedora Core 3 x86_64. It runs great. Very few problems to report and the speed is awesome!
Gateway AMD64 3400+ Laptop running Ubuntu Hoary for amd64. Switch to Debian a year ago and haven’t been as happy with any other linux distro. Had Suse Pro 9.2 x86_64 on it to start with, Ubuntu runs a lot better (even in preview).
Missing a couple minor applications, not ready for the 64 bit world.
Gentoo 2004.3 (2005.0 doesn’t support pure-64-bit)
Power hungary, severe heat producing Dual Opteron 244 running Gentoo64 with emul libs to run Firefox and Openoffice and Vmware. UT2004-64 runs nice too.
How many 32bit apps? 3. How many? 3. What about 64bit apps? Hundreds of them. Thousands. “Gee, I think I’ll wait for the software to catch up to the hardware duhhhh” Get stuffed.
I see it this way, running 64bit Linux allows me to file bug reports to help the devs fix their software. 64bit linux apps do not need major work if they were designed correctly in the first place. The Windows world does not have this luxury. How many windows 3rd party drivers have to rewritten from scratch? You count ’em. 64bit weather you like it or not will take over despite its advantages/desadvantages. Get into it now and help your community!
My main machine is a dual G5 Power Mac, and my GFs is the iMac G5 so that’s a total of 3 64 bit processors here. Personally couldn’t care one way or the other about how many bits they are – I use the hardware for OS X.
Seems like this is the case with many others, but I bought an AMD64 for the price/performence ratio. The idea of being able to use the 64bit OS’s is nifty, but hardly why I bought this thing. I tend to use Win/Lin/Mac on 6month rotations, and lately I have been in more of a Windows mood. I have installed and run 64bit Fedora on this machine, but mainly since I have an ATI graphics card, I have pretty much stuck with standard 32bit Windows XP. Hopefully the 64bit edition will come out soon and work well.
Main wokrstaion is an AMD64-based one running Windows XP 32-bit and recently also Ubuntu 64-bit.
And it kicks the s out of other 64 bit OSes and platforms….’nuff said
I use an AMD64 machince at work for simulations. We are planning to base our entire cluster on this platform. AMD64 rocks
I’m running a 64 bit (AMD64) FreeBSD system as my main desktop.
Get the Cool’n’Quiet kernel module here:
http://www.spa.is.uec.ac.jp/~nfukuda/software/index.html
I use the above mentiend machines wit Solaris 10 and Iririx 6.5.2, but not as my main machine. My main machine is a Powermac Dual G4 1.25 running OS-X 10.3.8 which is set to be replaced next year with a Powermac Dual G5.
Hi!
I have a Sun Blade 100, I got for free from a former employer, running Solaris 8. 🙂
No, still not using a &4-bit CPU, but i’m thinking on getting one, but i’m broke right now.. hehe
http://bitsofnews.com
I run CentOS 4.0 (REL4) on a AMD64 3000+ 1024MB DDR ASUS K8N mobo ASUS FX5700 graphics card.Linux runs as smooth as a freshly installed XP install for more than a month now with all the apps i need.Can’t express how happy i’m not having to worry about defragmentation,spyware,..Besides windows,only various Linux distributions seem to boot,i hope FreeBSD 5.4 will make a difference in this regard the next round,(multi-boot).
UltraSparc IIe blade 100 workstation running Solaris 10.
It serves its purpose quite well
I’m currently using Gentoo Linux on my 64bit machine
, and it works fine!
still missing flash plugin, but i’ll never switch back to 32b
my amd64 box is powered by gentoo64. in the past i used to run winxp (yes! games!
, but i didn’t like too many services thinking for me and now i can say only two words: stability and *SPEED*.
btw you need no longer nuclear power plant for amd
I run Fedora 3 x86_64 and it is fine when you get used to it.
Few tips:
1. First of all there are many packages for Fedora – base, freshrpms, livna,dag wieers and others.
2. NVidia are fine(almost no problems), ATI ( http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon )- I lost 24 hours until I figured out how to make them work. And then you need two lines in xorg.conf – go to fedora forums. I tried UT2004demo(64bit) on both nvidia and ATI, also Quake3 (32bit) and today I am going to try Heroes III
.
3.linux32 – makes the envirnonment look like a x86
4.mozilla-swfdec – a flash player, that worked only once I think , but it is probably better than nothing.
5. It is always fun to make new technology work, don’t you think
In work – dual opteron server with WhiteBox 3 x86_64 (RHEL3 clone), at home Amd64 with Fedora Core 3 x86_64 and WindowsXP 64 RC1. Windows is lack of 64bit software and drivers, on Linux I can run about 90% apps natively in 64bit, and rest are 32bit (rar,acrobat,some emulators). Problem with Mono.
While I have read about AMD’s 64-bit chips and certainly been tempted by that dark side of me that would love to be the first to flaunt having that technology over my peers, one thing stops me: I really have no practical use for it, considering that AMD’s current 64-bit models do not support DDR2.
For what I do with my computer, website creation, email, blogging, surfing, and some light office work/printing, I have to seriously question whether a 64-bit CPU is truly necessary.
There are certainly a great number of people who could capitalize on the emerging 64-bit technology, but at this point in time, I am not one of them.
Sun AMD64 workstation running a 64-bit RHEL clone (White Box) – sweet machine.
Everything is working as it should. Getting drivers for XP is not easy since it’s not out yet. Athlon64 3500+ / 1Gig RAM.
Funny thing is, since I got my Mac mini (3 weeks now!), i’ve almost not touched the PC… I’m a switcher I guess…?!
Have an old Alpha, 233Mhz, 512MB RAM, had Debian running on it when I used it, IDE controller flaked out, getting an old scsi hdd from a friend to put it back in service.
Plan on getting an AMD 64 by end of this year, current main is only an Athlon XP 2500+ running at 2204Mhz.
Currently running Server 2k3 64 bit (Customer Preview Program), on an Athlon 64 3200+
Running a 2GHz. dual G5 with Panther and Gentoo Linux. The latter is 64-bit. The Panther install is pretty screwed up (my own fault) so I’m waiting for Tiger to fix things and go fully 64 bit in the areas where it matters.
At work, I use an Athlon 64 XP as my main computer. Sometimes I’m runing SuSE Linux Enterprise 9 which is primarily 64bit but provides 32bit libs for old programs. Sometimes I’m running Debian which is pretty much 32bit x86 with a 64bit kernel.
… but the system I intend to build in 2006 will definitely be powered by an AMD64, 64bit Linux
I was about to buy an amd64, but i wont until all 32 bits x86 proccesors are phased out.
I’ve got two 64bit G5s in my main machine, a dual 1.8GHz PowerMac. Not that the extra 32 bits really do me all that much good yet.
AMD64 3200+ in a homebuilt system. Runs great IMHO, but only been up and going with it for about 3 weeks.
I have WinXP Pro x86_64 Beta for now and it seems rock solid in itself. Admittedly some 32-bit apps don’t seem to like it and a couple of drivers object. But it is very reliable so far. I also have a standard WinXP Pro 32-bit for when things object to the 64-bit stuff.
I also have LineOX, Ubuntu and Kubuntu 64bit versions to play with which all loaded successfully and seem OK to date. Couldn’t get 64 bit versions of Suse 9.2 or Madrakelinux 10.2 to complete a successful install, but maybe later. Some of this may relate to the SLI MB or the SATA disk rather than the CPU. I have not figured the reason for sure as yet.
My main machine has been a Sun Blade 100 since it’s easy to setup as a desktop, it’s quiet, and it can mirror large IDE drives easily.
My other computer is the Alpha 21264 made by Samsung that’s seemingly pretty rare. It’s 800 mhz, 4 megs of L2 cache, uses PC2100 DDR-RAM, integrated audio and ethernet, and has an AGP slot. For about a year it was my main computer, and although it was pretty zippy, it was a lot of work to get working. FreeBSD on Alpha isn’t nearly as simple as FreeBSD on x86. And the 18 gig SCSI drive was a bit cramped. When I got it 2 years ago, though, it was still decent compared to what else was out there.
Athlon64 3000 cpu
MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R mobo
1GB PC3200 Crucial mem
FreeBSD/amd64 5.4-prerelease
FreeBSD/i386 5.4-prerelease
XP Pro (games
I have a 64 bit AMD 2800. Runs very, very well.
Currently using XP Pro XP2 but will migrate to the 64 bit edition of XP as soon as it is general release A.K.A Less scary problems.
I took a look around some 64 bit sites and it looks like I can get my drivers all working with my asus board. Forget the serial #
– Microsoft Fanboy
PS) 64 bit linux is pretty sweet too. Tried it on a livecd, I was impressed.
Well I have a AMD 3000+ on a gigabyte MB and It should have a low TCO
2x80gig SATA maxtor’s
VIA chipset buggy need new GFX
SIS you rock my world… should of waited 6mnts
Windows XP (current Cool and quiet works on 2k not XP)
<3years Buy dual CPU TYAN transport just for linux or solaris
<4years Linux and
<6years Linux Fileserver
10years+ retirement
Dual AMD Opteron 246s with FreeBSD 6, AMD64 version.
Great performance!
Well, the subject says it all. Although, I plan to be upgrading in the near future and I do want one of ‘dem new-fangled Athlon64 thinga-ma-gigies.
DEC PWS-600au = FreeBSD
SGI Octane = NetBSD
AMD64 3400+ = GoBSD
🙂
I believe that my Dreamcast Hitachi SH4 is a 128-bit processor running Linux.
I don’t have a 64bit OS yet. I just built it so I didn’t have much time for testing different operating systems. But planning to use Suse 9.2 or 9.3…
AMD64 laptop – tried debian 64 but features were missing that I needed – namely wireless.
Currently Gentoo compiled 64bit native with m32 support. I still wanted access to wine, among other programs.
Win64 on the other hand is still useless for me, no drivers at all… Gotta love this linux stuff, it more often just works on new hardware then windows – give or take modems…
I’ve got an AMD64 at home and I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to build 6 AMD64 machines where I work.
These are my 64’s (from my sig over at hardforum.com):
Home Box: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 939 90nm || MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum || 1GB Corsair XMS PC3200 2-2-2-5 (LEDs) || XFX GeForce 6800GT 256MB || 2xWD 200GB SATA RAID 0 || Ultra X-Connect 500W || Coolermast Wavemaster (Black) || Sony 17″ SDM-S74/B LCD || Wireless Logitech MX700 || Wireless Logitech Keyboard
Work Box: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 930 130nm || MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum || 1GB Corsair XMS PC3200 2-2-2-5 (Non-LED) || eVGA GeForce FX5700LE 256MB || 2xWD 200BG SATA RAID 0 || Antec True550 || Coolermaster Praetorian (Black) || Sony 17″ SDM-S74/B LCD || Wireless Logitech MX700 || Wireless Logitech Keyboard
I’m not running 64bit software yet… but still fast as hell.
I also have 5 more machines (same as my work box minus keyboard, mouse, LCD, and a ASUS KV8 Motherboard instead of the MSI) setup in a testing environment.
AMD64s are great.
Dual Opteron running Solaris 10 (64 bit)!
I have an AMD64 and P4 2.8GHz 800FSB. After trying out several distros I ended up using Gentoo for both which turned out a great choice. The AMD64 runs blazing fast and beats the crap out of the P4 in almost any benchmark.
Based on this experience my next notebook will be an AMD Turion. It might have a tiny bit of a shorter battery life but it will surly ourperform any Pentium M.
FC3 most fo the time.
Removable SATA drive carriers, so Win2K3-64 Pro when necessary.
Boring! I’ve been running 64 bit hardware for a while!
Anyways, it’s not my main machine, but many, many people use it. Two Alpha’s (DS10L and Alpha 5/333) under OpenVMS 7.3. We also have a uVAX 3100/80 (but 32 bit, under VMS). Clustered. This can be found at http://deathrow.vistech.net. Anyones welcome to use it.
im getting a new computer next january (2006) and its just going to be the standard winxp pro 32bit. my computer will be four years old. i dont run any software that needs more than 4 gigs of memory. until all drivers and software is multithreaded and optimized for a 64 bit os and muticore chips, 32bit is good enough for me. when longhorn Professional x64 Edition with sp2 or 3 (or a secong edition) comes out by january 2010 then ill get a 64 bit os. im on a four year replacement program.
Xeon 2.8 EMT64 runnung dual boot WinXP and Suse 9.2×86… No 64 bit OS yet. I prefer compatibility
It’s an amd64, and it runs 64-bit gentoo. What I -really- want to do with it is install Solaris 10, but the installer reboots the machine as soon as the initial blue screen comes up. Beyond that, Gentoo on amd64 is flakier than Gentoo on 32-bit x86 chips, so for the moment, a 32 bit athlon, running Gentoo, is my primary PC.
..and I like it. Everything runs just fine.
This machine has been my main machine for some time. I do have a dual wintel 1GHz machine but I have a soft spot for Sun hardware.
I’m waiting for a G5 Powerbook, then I’ll consider it.
AMD64. I was running Fedora X86_64 but the lack of Realplayer hurt because I was not able to get my favorite BBC radio shows. So I downgraded to i386. Speed difference is minimal because the computer is for my limited filesharing, web, email, and media services (music, video, etc).
I am using an AMD 64 with Gentoo and it’s working beautifully. I am running under the amd64 keyword and am using a few 32 bit apps (mplayer, oo.org, firefox w/flash) under emulation. I love it! It’s extremely speedy and it just works (for the most part
)
Since 1994 all my servers and worstations are 64 bit. I have only used DEC Alpha and SGI MIPS. Today i use ES45 for server and Octane2 for workstation.
No I don’t and won’t for three or four years at the very least.
I’ve just upgraded three machines very cheaply for Duron (Athlon XPs with less cache) processors that work extremely well, and they run just about everything you throw at them. My last upgrade was to Athlons in 2001. A company I work for has also upgraded to Pentiums and XP, and they get at least eight years service out of their hardware. 64-bit is a long way off in my mind.
My main machine is a DEC Alpha PWS 433au running FreeBSD 4.10. It’s rock solid.
… if I could afford it.
I’d be using Windows 2000 in 32-bit mode and MirOS BSD in
32-bit mode first, then port MirOS to clean 64-bit mode
afterwards.
yes an Amd 64_86 , running suse 9.2 linux 64bit edition