XP and dual core AMD procs

MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
edited September 2007 in Science & Tech
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

Comments

  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited September 2007
    All of the above will work with that proc MGK.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2007
    32Bit Windows XP will definitely support your dual core CPU :)
  • MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
    edited September 2007
    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
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited September 2007
    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
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited September 2007
    Tex wrote:
    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
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited September 2007
    Qeldroma wrote:
    Huh? XP does Quads just fine. The only time I've seen it show up as a dual was on a bad OC.

    linky

    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
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2007
    XP Pro supports dual <i>socket</i>. Microsoft makes no limitations on core count.
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited September 2007
    Ah, I understand. ^^ Like he said- except I think the limit is 32 (on the Task Manager).
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited September 2007
    Thrax wrote:
    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
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2007
    Of course. They don't exceed dual sockets.
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