Hi, I've been running my below kit for a good year now and I'm still very happy with the performance, even with the upgrade to my V9999 TD video card. All is good in CPU Land. However, whats the life expectancy of my rig? Have I got another year before I should really think about the 64bit bandwagon? Is my kit then redundant or could I use it for a test rig or even a mail server or Linux box. What do you recommend?
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Life Expectancy of AMD XP 3200+ & Mobo
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Thats true, but as more 64 bit apps start to creep in then the 32bit architecture will start to be redundant. I remember when the 16 bit architecture was the rage, 32 bit came in and it took a year for the 32 bit apps to get a grip but then 16 bit became redundant very soon. I just want to try and estimate how long I have before I make the jump to 64 bit, especially as the 64 bit pricing will drop further the longer I wait. Not that I'm tight...............
With my rig at the moment I don't get any problems with games from Quake 4, Battle of Europe, Blazing Angels, all run hi res (1280x1024) but damn does my grxf card get hot. But I really like the V9999TD, very nice card, and my XP3200 handles anything I through at it.
Wow, that is hot! Only thing I can think is that the 3000+ and 3200+ have the 3Dnow! technology and are designed more for gaming and video processing. If your board will take it then buy one cheap from eBay. I also invested in some good RAM and SATA drives, it does make all the difference.