64-bit Pentium 4?

Jaffa.

EM64T? Does that mean it will run 64bit Windows 7?

savemoney

Good question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64

Intel was forced to follow suit, introducing modified NetBurst family processors, initially referred to as "IA-32e" or "EM64T" and now called Intel 64 and almost identical to AMD64. x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32-bit code without any performance loss.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL8J9

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Tool to find out if it can

Processor Check for 64-Bit Compatibility

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http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL8J9

Jaffa.

In the small print where it says
Supported Features: Intel® EM64T 1

1 'Processor will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel EM64T-enabled BIOS.'
So... it does do 64-bit 'operations' as in a whole OS that's 64-bit

I'm not 100% sure though, I mean I don't want to download that huge Windows 7 ISO to find it won't work

savemoney

Its confusing I know I wasnt 100% sure hence why i said good question

Found this thread

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=130542

"Since the Prescott chips shipped from 2.8GHz to 3.4GHz, it's hard to say with 100% certainty what you have in there and whether or not it's capable of x64 or not. If you want to be sure if your CPU supports x86-64, download and run cpu-z and see if your CPU has "EM64T" instructions support:"

TBH unless you have over 2gb I would go for 32bit I am using x64 of windows 7 now, I only have 2gb though but I am using it on a 4gb pc soon

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4

x86-64/EM64T (64 bit)
Pentium 4 (Some) · Pentium D · Pentium Extreme Edition · Celeron D (Some)

Jaffa.

Oh



Never mind then. Thanks for your help though savemoney!

savemoney

Okay no problem seemed to be finding conflicting info still that seems to say it doesnt

Its great windows 7 seems to support a lot of hardware and seems to run really smooth I have it on a 2 year laptop and it runs better than vista

Jaffa.

Yeah I mean I would love to just download the x64 anyway but I have a 10GB bandwidth limit

Well, I'll start downloading the 32-bit, it will be fun to try out ^,^

Marty_J

Jaffa. wrote: »

Yeah I mean I would love to just download the x64 anyway but I have a 10GB bandwidth limit

Well, I'll start downloading the 32-bit, it will be fun to try out ^,^

Your processor supports SSE2/3 though, so you could try installing OS X on it.

spakkker

Errr , does your m/board support dual core? get a used E21xx - £30 ebay? flog yours - you wont believe the difference.