Intel Quietly Starts to Offer 64-bit Pentium 4 Processors

[NFS4]

I thought they said that 64-bit wasn't ready for the desktop yet??????

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I thought they said that 64-bit wasn't ready for the desktop yet??????

Intel is behaving rather strangely lately IMO.

Oh well, who cares, all I'm hoping for is that HP DL585 that I've been pushing for at work, would make a nice little toy

 

[ScrapSilicon]

guess M$ can now go ahead with Win64 now..

 

[dullard]

Yeah, I saw some being sold online yesterday. I think Intel had the policy of waiting for Microsoft when Microsoft had a release date in Fall 2004. But just last week Microsoft said 64-bit Windows will be delayed to the 1st half of 2005 (that could mean end of June). That news probably made Intel change its mind about waiting and just released it immediately.

 

[SickBeast]

"Pentium F" is a worse name than "Sempr0n" IMO.

I give intel an "F" for their naming prowess after that one.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Perhaps Dell was leaning on them hard because of customer inquiries/demand?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Perhaps Dell was leaning on them hard because of customer inquiries/demand?

That's what I'm thinking.

 

[So]

Isn't this a major core revision? I mean adding instructions and registers is IIRC, non-trivial. How did they just rush this out?

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: So
Isn't this a major core revision? I mean adding instructions and registers is IIRC, non-trivial. How did they just rush this out?

A lot of it was looked after during the development of prescott wasn't it?

Don't forget that prescott is not really a P4. Well, it is, kinda the same way that a P-III was still technically a P6 type processor...

 

[So]

Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie

Originally posted by: So
Isn't this a major core revision? I mean adding instructions and registers is IIRC, non-trivial. How did they just rush this out?

A lot of it was looked after during the development of prescott wasn't it?

Don't forget that prescott is not really a P4. Well, it is, kinda the same way that a P-III was still technically a P6 type processor...

Ah, see, I never really folloewd the development of Prescott closely, I just assumed it was a Northwood w/ extra cache and a higher voltage.

Anyone know of a good article explaining the core revision?

 

[Rapsven]

You're a Diamond Member of the Anandtech forums, but you don't bother to check up on Anandtech's articles? For shame.

 

[Pocatello]

I'm thinking it's not available to the general public and not announce with great fanfare because Pentium 4 with 64 bit is still not faster than the regular Pentium 4, which means it's really slow compare to the athlon 64.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Rapsven
You're a Diamond Member of the Anandtech forums, but you don't bother to check up on Anandtech's articles? For shame.

I know

Not often enough.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Rapsven
You're a Diamond Member of the Anandtech forums, but you don't bother to check up on Anandtech's articles? For shame.

You are new so I'll clue you in. There are members here with elite status that do nothing but spam in off topic. Rank means little here consequently. I've seen lifers asking for simple hardware advice because they are clueless n00bs about tech, they just know how to post OMGWTFBBQ really well

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Rapsven
You're a Diamond Member of the Anandtech forums, but you don't bother to check up on Anandtech's articles? For shame.

You are new so I'll clue you in. There are members here with elite status that do nothing but spam in off topic. Rank means little here consequently. I've seen lifers asking for simple hardware advice because they are clueless n00bs about tech, they just know how to post OMGWTFBBQ really well

Don't point fingers!!!

OMGHI2U2!!!!1111one

Edit = I've always wanted to do that just once...

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Rapsven
You're a Diamond Member of the Anandtech forums, but you don't bother to check up on Anandtech's articles? For shame.

You are new so I'll clue you in. There are members here with elite status that do nothing but spam in off topic. Rank means little here consequently. I've seen lifers asking for simple hardware advice because they are clueless n00bs about tech, they just know how to post OMGWTFBBQ really well

Then there are people like me who love every detail about one computer part but not others. For example I try to know all I can about every processor old/current/or not yet available. Yet I could care less about motherboards or video cards. So I might (or might not) post something useful in a processor thread, but then I create n00b threads about which video card to get for under $30.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Rapsven
You're a Diamond Member of the Anandtech forums, but you don't bother to check up on Anandtech's articles? For shame.

You are new so I'll clue you in. There are members here with elite status that do nothing but spam in off topic. Rank means little here consequently. I've seen lifers asking for simple hardware advice because they are clueless n00bs about tech, they just know how to post OMGWTFBBQ really well

So true. Still, I'd hope that I've posted in GH enough, and insightfully enough to be respected a little more than that. If not .

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Don't mind me it's just sour grapes

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon
guess M$ can now go ahead with Win64 now..

Yup, but that just pisses me off and shows again why Monopoly is bad! We need a true competitor with Microsoft(Linux doesn't quite accomplish that, at least not on the Consumer level) then we'd see Microsoft pump out needed OS's like their lives depended on it and not depending on who else joins the hardware race.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Rapsven
You're a Diamond Member of the Anandtech forums, but you don't bother to check up on Anandtech's articles? For shame.

You are new so I'll clue you in. There are members here with elite status that do nothing but spam in off topic. Rank means little here consequently. I've seen lifers asking for simple hardware advice because they are clueless n00bs about tech, they just know how to post OMGWTFBBQ really well

So true. Still, I'd hope that I've posted in GH enough, and insightfully enough to be respected a little more than that. If not .

Consider that most of the people you help are people who come here only when they have a problem. So it's kinda hard to build respect.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I am actually looking foward to buying AMD when I build my next rig...switching from Intel

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I thought they said that 64-bit wasn't ready for the desktop yet??????

That was THEN . . .
(when AMD introduced it . . .


. . .


this is NOW!
. . . 'cause intel 'says so')








:roll:


edit: the "F" is for AMD
(get it?)

i guess i better post something "meaningful"

Intel said it would ship Prescott processors with 64-bit capability for 1P applications only to system integrators requesting such microprocessors for their servers and workstations. Although all Prescott CPUs, including Intel Pentium 4 and Celeron, are 64-bit from micro-architectural standpoint, processors supplying for retail channels as well as for typical desktops will have their 64-bit capability disabled. However, some sources doubt that it will be absolutely impossible for end-users and hardware enthusiasts to get Intel?s 64-bit Pentium 4 chips. They suggest that there will be some of such microprocessors supplied as OEM parts and reaching the channel.

 

[Cosmic_Horror]

Well it doesn't make much sense for Intel to tell everyone they need 64 bit processors when they don't have one ready to ship? Once they are ready then expect there advertising department to tell you that you have to have one.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

They're just scrabbling to make up ground after they realized how badly AMD's "Budget Line" of chips bitchify their most expensive silicon in Doom3.

- M4H

 

[StrangerGuy]

Any Intel x64 benchmarks yet?