rec.autos.simulators

MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard For AMD
Socket 939 CPU

AMD Athlon 64 3400+, 512k L2 Cache ( Newcastle core )

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy LS PCI Sound Card

Crucial 184 Pin 1GB DDR PC-3200 16T RAM

Thanks for any help or suggestions. Willie

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"IN GOD WE TRUST"

In general the 64-bit processors will not benefit application which weren't
specifically written for it.

However they do provide better (read "faster") memory handling for
CPU/menory intensive applications (like Payrus simulations) in co-operation
with the beta 64-bit XP platform, so as a means of future proofing and
because of the secundary performance benifit, I'd say go for it.

Jan.
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Note that the MSI boards have been very picky about RAM.... at least they
were when I built mine 4-6 mos ago.  Check out their forums (if they're
still up) to see what's known to work.

I've been using a Socket 734 3200+ on a Gigabyte board with an ATI 9700/9800
Pro just fine.  The chip itself should be fine with all software.  It'll run
just like a 32-bit system until you're ready to make the move to 64-bit.

Alan

I thought that started with the 3500.

-Larry

My son upgraded to the same MSI motherboard and an athlon 64 3200+ with 512
mb
memory and a Gforce 6800 GT OC.  He got over 2X frame rate in NR2003 with
more
eye candy than his Celeron 1.7  with Gforce MX400 64mb video. I would say
the
chip is excellent for NR2003.

For what it's worth, my new setup is almost identical to yours.  I'm using
the same motherboard and memory without a problem so far.  One thing that
may be misleading is the configuration for making a dual-channel RAM setup.  
You want to put a stick in the first and second slot (green and purple
slots, adjacent).

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I have to use slot 1 and 3 (the two blue slots).

-Larry

Yep, that's why I said it was misleading.  The POST screen confirms I'm
running dual channel.  I guess MSI decided to be different.

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Ped Xing