[Wolves] hardware question

[Simon Burke]

On Apr 6, 2005 7:55 PM, Ron Wellsted <ron at wellsted.org.uk> wrote:
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> Adam Sweet wrote:
> > --- Simon Burke <simon.burke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>The motherboard is an Abit Socket 754 (nforce3)
> >>The processor is a sempron 2800+ s754.
> >>
> >>754 is usually 64bit athlon isnt it? so does tha
> >>mean that this
> >>sempron is 64 or 32 bit. Im confuesd with that, but
> >>that maybe because
> >>im sleep deprived. I know that socket A are 32 bit,
> >>but isnt 754 64bit??
> >
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> > http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/
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> > If it's the board I think it (NF8 series) is then I
> > think it takes both, which sounds kinda weird.
> >
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> AMD have released a version of the Sempron (32 bit Athlon-xp) in the
> same package as the Athlon64.  This allows you to upgrade just by
> changing the processor when you are ready/can afford the Athlon64
> 
cheers for everyones help clarifying whats going on. Looks like im
stuck at 32bit for now then.


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