>>Yes, Opterons are just as 32bit friendly as the Athlon64's, you just get more ooph, especially in terms of I/O. But do not even consider
>>installing Windows "64bit" editions as they are still compiled almost
>>totally in 32bit, which can cause bottlenecks and basically becomes not
>>worth the hassle and expense.
>>
>>
>64bit Win2003 worked fine here on Tyan dual Opteron. I have no
>idea if it increased performance, I am more interested in
>stability and won't run it in production until long after it has
>been released, but I didn't find any immediate problems.
>
>
That's the problem, Windows 64bit editions are a mix of some 64bit
portions and some 32bit portions which are bound to cause problems. Of
course
>>If you want 64bit then go Linux, otherwise just stick to 32bit Windows.
>>
>>
>Or *BSD, Solaris, AIX or any of the other operating systems that
>runs on 64 bit for a decade already :-)
>
>
I didn't know that there was a port of AIX... but valid point. Just not
Windows ;-)
Anandtech has some interesting reviews to go with this discussion.
>I second the recommendation for Tyan boards for servers. No
>research into add-on cards required, it is all onboard :-)
>
>
Fair point... but you still need to research the chipsets used, etc, so
you know you're getting your money's worth.
>If you just want to buy a box instead of a board, don't forget to
>look at Sun.
>
>
True, they've got some interesting workstations, one of which has
something like three PCI-X busses...
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