What is better Athlon XP or Athlon 64 ? Binary incompatibilities ?

Jason Stacy

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01-06-2007, 06:39 PM

Which CPU needs less power and hence produces less heat:

Athlon XP or Athon 64 ?

Sorry for this newbie question: Are all programs which run on Athlon XP
able to run on Athlon 64 as well or are there binary incompatibilities ?

Jason

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