主题:【评论】64位的Windows XP真得快吗?-- 实战纪实 -- Highway
AMD在推出64位CPU的时候,并没有相应的64位操作系统以及驱动程序和应用程序的支持。还好,AMD的CPU可以顺畅的跑32位程序。对于这种情况,AMD宣称,等64位Windows和驱动程序就绪后,我们至少看到15%的性能提升!
事实真是这样吗?网上有些朋友前天在AMD和Intel平台上安装了微软最新的64位的Windows XP,跑了很多benchmark program,来看看从32位移植到64位是否真的有性能上的提高。
答案基本上是肯定的(虽然一部分程序在64位下性能有了下降),但是提升的幅度非常的小,叫人有些失望。不过大家认为这款64位的Windows XP还是beta版,还有提升潜力,驱动程序和应用程序还没有好好tuning,假以时日,64位的威力会慢慢释放出来的。
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[SIZE=3]The Final Word[/SIZE]
Build 1218 is a major step forward for Microsoft’s 64-bit Windows program, as we’re finally starting to see performance increases over today’s 32-bit Windows XP variants. This could be due to optimizations on the OS level, the addition of 64-bit DirectX 9.0 components, nVidia’s 64-bit Forceware drivers, or a combination of all of the above. While performance varies from application to application, many applications and games are now seeing noticeable performance boosts under 64-bit Windows. While the performance boosts are not up to par with the 15-20% boost which AMD promised in the past, we’re certainly seeing steps in the right direction. For comparison, all of the previous Windows XP 64-bit builds we’ve previewed at GamePC have more or less shown performance decreases compared to their 32-bit equivalents.
As for AMD and Intel’s 64-bit abilities, we actually see a fairly close split in performance between AMD’s Opteron 248 and Intel’s Xeon 3.4 GHz processors. Neither processor proves itself to be the dominant chip for processing 64-bit Windows code, and both chips appear to be incredibly stable under this beta OS at this time. We did notice that our Opteron platforms have much broader driver compatibility compared to our Xeon setups. All of the onboard devices on our Opteron board, such as LAN, SCSI, and audio had native XP 64-bit drivers, whereas none of these components had 64-bit drivers for our Xeon platform. Intel still refuses to release 64-bit drivers for their many components, even though they are now publicly promoting 64-bit technology through EMT64.
We still don’t know when or if this operating system will be officially released to the public. The latest information we’re hearing is that the OS will not be in a finalized state until early 2005, and even when the OS is “done”, it may not be available to end users. While Microsoft has left open the door for releasing a retail boxed version, it will more than likely only be available to OEM’s to pre-load onto 64-bit compatible systems. Microsoft has tossed around the idea of a license trade-in plan, where users of today’s 32-bit Windows XP could “upgrade” their current version at no cost. Unfortunately, nothing is set in stone as of yet.
The performance and feature benefits are not great enough to pull me away from Windows XP Professional on my home Athlon64 PC at this time, but the OS is getting more attractive with each new build.
感兴趣的朋友可以到www.gamepc.com看看详细报道.
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😅【评论】64位的Windows XP真得快吗?-- 实战纪实
😥很少有人拿Windows做Benchmark,老轧的这个试验有点怪 电子赵括 字0 2004-09-19 23:58:19
😉为什么?现在主流的Benchmark program都是Windows上的啊 Highway 字333 2004-09-20 08:11:41
问个问题: 64位包不包括数据总线64位 spin 字36 2004-08-23 17:55:40
y, better double precision ops thunder 字0 2004-08-23 19:10:32
那个benchmark是不是在dual-cpu上跑的? thunder 字132 2004-08-23 16:34:55