XP and dual core AMD procs

[MachineGunKelly]

Do I need to run Vista with an AMD 64 AM2 processor, regular XP or is there a 64 bit version of XP out there for just such an application?
Sorry if that's old news fellas, I'm WAY out of the loop this time.....:rolleyes:
The last proc I bought for a system I was building was a socket A XP2700 three or four years ago....Thanks guys.
MGK

[csimon]

All of the above will work with that proc MGK.

[primesuspect]

32Bit Windows XP will definitely support your dual core CPU :)

[MachineGunKelly]

Great! I thought I might need a 64 bit operating system for the processor and I really don't want to have to use Vista after what I've read about it. Thanks guys!
MGK

[Tex]

soooooooooo... these VERY cool new quad core cpu's only show on XP as a dualie right???? What a waste... You used to need server to get more cpu's to show???

Do they show in vista now?

Tex

[Qeldroma]

soooooooooo... these VERY cool new quad core cpu's only show on XP as a dualie right????
Tex

Huh? XP does Quads just fine. The only time I've seen it show up as a dual was on a bad OC.

linky (http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=553043#post553043)

[Tex]

Huh? XP does Quads just fine. The only time I've seen it show up as a dual was on a bad OC.

linky (http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?p=553043#post553043)

XP pro used to just support dual cpu's. No more then two..... I have not messed with the new quad cores...

So it shows as 4 cpu's in device manager in xp? XP never used to support more then two cpu's

Tex

[Thrax]

XP Pro supports dual <i>socket</i>. Microsoft makes no limitations on core count.

[Qeldroma]

Ah, I understand. ^^ Like he said- except I think the limit is 32 (on the Task Manager).

[Tex]

XP Pro supports dual <i>socket</i>. Microsoft makes no limitations on core count.

Thrax does it show 4 cpu's in device manager??? This has me curious!

Thanks

Cowboy

[Thrax]

Of course. They don't exceed dual sockets.