I paid a lot less for my Athlon 64-bit chip than Intels high end CPU when I made the purchase. It's performance is on par with Intels best. It runs 32 bit software faster than any equivelent speed/rating chip.
That's nice. But 64-bitness has nothing to do with either the A64's price or its attractive performance running 32 bit software.
Dell wanted aprox. $3000.00 for their high end gaming machine with a pee4ee. My machine performs better at a fraction of the price.
How much did it cost and how much memory is in it? What is the maximum amount of memory that can be installed in it today and how much more would your system cost to do so?