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Old 26 May 2006, 12:32 PM
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Can anynoe explain if the Pentium D series IS capable of running Win64 ?

I read a recent article jpor linked on here and it mentioned the Pentium D does include the ability for 64bit code execution:

"Support for both EM64T (64 bit instructions and execution) and the Execute-Disable function (NX) are both present."

I know Athlon plaster "64bit" all over their packaging to get their point across, but whats the score with intel ?
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Yep it should run Winxp 64bit
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Originally Posted by spectrum48k
Can anynoe explain if the Pentium D series IS capable of running Win64 ?

I read a recent article jpor linked on here and it mentioned the Pentium D does include the ability for 64bit code execution:

"Support for both EM64T (64 bit instructions and execution) and the Execute-Disable function (NX) are both present."

I know Athlon plaster "64bit" all over their packaging to get their point across, but whats the score with intel ?
The 'D' stands for Dual-Core. All Intel Pentium Dual Cores are 64-bit capable. I think Intel dumb this down so that punters don't get confused with AMD's processor line.
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