A64 - WinXP SP2 & You!!!

Necrosis · Nov 29, 2004, 05:58 AM

I maybe upgrading to an Athlon 64 soon. Is there still a major issue with SP2 and these processors?

mkk · Nov 29, 2004, 11:52 AM

There never really was much of an issue. Some applications might have issues with the DEP feature in SP2, but all of those were likely badly coded in the first place and all serious applications should now be fixed to apply with the DEP security function that Microsoft introduced in SP2. DEP really is a good thing, but can also be disabled if needed. The only reason why Athlon64's show up in relation to this is that it was the first CPU with hardware support for this new security function.

dsdsdk · Nov 29, 2004, 12:29 PM

#2 said it.. no problem at all.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 29, 2004, 08:22 PM

What problem, cheesy poof?

only one i herd of is intel users haveing to turn off "HT"

bake15 · Nov 29, 2004, 08:41 PM

i've had no problems with sp2

see sig

refraction · Nov 29, 2004, 09:56 PM

there was never a problem with the A64's, magazine i got said they narrowed it down to one of the Intel P4 chips and i think the Celeron D, but its only specific motherboard/cpu combinations that seem to suffer.

but i can tell you i know nobody (including myself) with an A64 that has had problems with SP2

ToP3koms · Nov 29, 2004, 10:31 PM

No problems with XP SP2 here either.

Necrosis · Nov 30, 2004, 02:59 AM

Alright, thanks for the replies folks. I just heard by word of mouth some folks were having an issue with it. Good since I can't find my SP1 slip-streamed copy of XP!

Nov 29, 2004, 05:58 AM	#1
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	A64 - WinXP SP2 & You!!! I maybe upgrading to an Athlon 64 soon. Is there still a major issue with SP2 and these processors?

Nov 29, 2004, 12:29 PM	#3
dsdsdk DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Denmark, CPH. Posts: 586 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	#2 said it.. no problem at all. __________________ No more Kitty!

Nov 29, 2004, 08:22 PM	#4
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	What problem, cheesy poof? only one i herd of is intel users haveing to turn off "HT" __________________

Nov 29, 2004, 08:41 PM	#5
bake15 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wigan,UK Posts: 582 Rep Power: 0	i've had no problems with sp2see sig

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refraction DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 307 Rep Power: 0 $refraction is on a distinguished road$	there was never a problem with the A64's, magazine i got said they narrowed it down to one of the Intel P4 chips and i think the Celeron D, but its only specific motherboard/cpu combinations that seem to suffer. but i can tell you i know nobody (including myself) with an A64 that has had problems with SP2 __________________ [color=royalblue]Computer Specs[/color] := [color=royalblue]AMD Opteron 146 2.0Ghz @ 2.9Ghz[/color] = [color=royalblue]1024Mb PC4400 RAM Dual Channel[/color] = [color=royalblue]Gainward BLISS 7900GTX 512mb[/color] = [color=royalblue]SB Audigy 4 [/color]= [color=royalblue]250Gb SATA Hard Drive[/color] = [color=royalblue]Thermaltake Xaser Case [/color]= [color=royalblue]Benq FP91G+[/color][color=royalblue] 19" TFT[/color]
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Nov 29, 2004, 11:52 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,489 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	There never really was much of an issue. Some applications might have issues with the DEP feature in SP2, but all of those were likely badly coded in the first place and all serious applications should now be fixed to apply with the DEP security function that Microsoft introduced in SP2. DEP really is a good thing, but can also be disabled if needed. The only reason why Athlon64's show up in relation to this is that it was the first CPU with hardware support for this new security function.

Nov 29, 2004, 10:31 PM	#7
ToP3koms Respect Human Rights Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: MD. US Posts: 149 Rep Power: 0	No problems with XP SP2 here either. __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue]_____________________________ Asus A8N-SLI Premium/Athlon64 X2 4800+ 2Gb OCZ Platnium Edition PC3200 (2,3,2,5) 2 BFG 7800GTX /Creative X-Fi Western Digital 160Gb SATA II HD /Lite-On 16X DVD-RW Pc Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 510/ WinXP Pro Sp2 [/color]

Nov 30, 2004, 02:59 AM	Thread Starter #8
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Alright, thanks for the replies folks. I just heard by word of mouth some folks were having an issue with it. Good since I can't find my SP1 slip-streamed copy of XP!