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Hi All,


I'm getting ready to build a new machine, around AMD'S X2 4400 processor & DFI's Lanparty UT nF4 SLI D mobo & either nVidia's 7800 GTX or GT video card. My question is should I go with XP Pro 32 bit or 64 bit.

Thank You in advance for all replies.

IMHO Unless you feel like putting up with non-existent drivers or scouring the web for 64 bit drivers for various apps and harware, I'd stick with the 32 bit route. There aren't that many apps out there that take advantage of the 64 bit OS yet.

Might be worth it down the road for Unreal Tournament 2007 (due Q2 2006).

Multi-threaded too, so you'll get a really nice boost from your X2.

I thought MS said they would provide a FREE upgrade to the 64-bit version of Windows XP for people who had the 32-bit version?

NAiLs wrote:I thought MS said they would provide a FREE upgrade to the 64-bit version of Windows XP for people who had the 32-bit version?

That was only for a couple months. It's over now.

I'm playing with XP Pro 64-bit in VMWare on my Mobile Athlon64 and I'm glad that I'm using VMWare because otherwise I would be very disappointed with XP Pro. The lack of drivers and in some cases lack of quality software not working on the OS is very disappointing. I might eventually try the 64-bit on my dual-core Opteron 175 system but not even that impressed me enough to try. :p Now playing with SUSE 64-bit is more fun.

Ain't open-source great

I plan on trying it myself eventually, but XP Pro will do on this crap system for now.....new build, new OS, oh yes, it will be great

If you're formatting anyway, why not use dual partitions? Put the trial versions on one, and your preferred version of windows on the other. That's what I did. Can't wait to try vista. I like 64 xp pro, but it's not perfect yet.

Hi All,

O1die, I like your solution, dual partitions. I'm going to go with that. Thank you for the solution. I changed Motherboards, went with DFI's new Expert board.

remember jtm, when they call that mobo "expert", there's a reason, lol. Just ask Ken, he has that board, and it's been mentioned there's so many settings it will make your head spin, lol. It's a damn good board though.....

It's a cool board....will work nice for you....there are some "probs" with it

see here: http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=3971

You will want good ram to go with it.....also update the stock Bios asap.....
There are some "peculiarities" with the board which you need to take note....

I've only had mine since the 24th....I spent about 18hrs tweaking it....

The main difference from this to the "standard" lanparty is dram drive strenghts....(apart from layout)
You need to try ALOT of diffferent bios settings to get the best from the ram...Basic OC'in is great and easy, just getting that little bit more takes time!

Hope you enjoy the board!
Post your impressions here when you have it up and running!

Hi All

I'm going with OCZ's Titanium 2GB DDR 400 Kit for RAM
PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 510 Powersupply
Western Digitals 16MB Cache 320GB SATA HD
Leadtek's 7800 GTX 256MB X 2
AMD Athlon X2 4400
DFI LanParty Expert
SoundBlaster XFI
Samsung's 214T Black
Compucase6919
BenQ 1640 DVD Burner
Pioneer DVD Drive
Alps Floppy
Windows XP Pro 32/64 on seperate partitions
Sennheiser HD555 Head phones
Klipsch 5.1 Ultras

Anyway, this'll be my second build.

Crazy system....

THAT'S A MONSTER!!

First off, I wouldn't go for a 4000+ cpu......Dual core is the way to go......
Second, the board, are you sure? I have it (great BTW). but i requires resrearch B4 buying....there "might" be a prob with them killing cpu's.....only a very few % of people (.001%), you might want to google search reagrding...there is a new beta bios which is suppsed to help....beta means no warranty! I have to stress there is a very low chance of any probs!

The ram your going for...It the "titanium" range! they are not for overclcokig btw...they are designed for stability first and formost! (just so you know!)

I wanna see some 3DMark Results and some picks when it's done.....

Hi All,

Thanks kenc51 for the heads up. I'll do as you suggest & alao stop by DFI's support Forum & see what the word is.

By the way I have a Dual core Processor X2 4400.

Anyway, thanks again.