Replies to post #68870 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Michael Moy]

> I've checked around. It looks like you'll be hard pressed to
> find a consumer PC - with 64-bit Athlon 64 or X2 - that allows
> the end user to configure it with more than 2GB of memory.

I've only seen one and it's a P4. I think that AMD should be
pushing notebook makers in this area and certainly Windows
Vista will aid there. Right now, 2 GB SODIMMs are pretty
expensive and volume adoption of 2 GB SODIMMs will benefit
everyone.

> As far as I'm concerned, that's a broken usage model. Even
> if an end user is running into memory limits, the 64-bit
> CPU isn't helping them. And do you think it's going to be
> different for laptops where the SO-DIMMs are even lower
> density and more expensive?

Well, those applications are helped by address space and actual
physical memory.

[CombJelly]

"you'll be hard pressed to find a consumer PC - with 64-bit Athlon 64 or X2 - that allows the end user to configure it with more than 2GB of memory."

That is only because Vista isn't out yet. If it is a Socket 939 motherboard, it likely has 4 DIMM sockets. And that allows for 4 gig. For the Vista beta, the minimum memory is 512 meg. Given the minimum for XP Pro is 128 meg., that seems to indicate >2 gig. is really going to be needed from keep it from swapping on anything but Notepad.

[gollem]

I just bought a SFF S939 Sempron for a customer and it has 4 memory banks, I'll see if I can find the max memory info.