Note about AMD64 and IA64 drivers vs. IA32

Andy Mecham · 12-21-02, 07:10 PM

If you have a Pentium [MMX,II,III,IV] or Athlon, you need to use the IA32 drivers (1.0-4191). If you're unsure of what CPU you have, then you should use the IA32 drivers.

The AMD64 drivers (1.0-4180) are intended for machines running AMD's x86-64 chips (codename Hammer), and not Athlons.

The IA64 drivers (1.0-4050) are only intended to be used on machines running Itanium or Itanium II processors.

I hope this helps alleviate some of the confusion... if you're still not sure, please reply and ask!

--andy

ASCI Blue · 12-21-02, 10:45 PM

Just to add, from what I've seen the upcomming AMD 64 cpu's will be called: Athlon 64 (Claw hammer and to replace Athlon XP) and Opteron for the high end servers (aka Sledgehammer).

Andy Mecham · 12-22-02, 12:16 AM

I'm always behind on marketing names.

--andy

ant · 12-23-02, 03:16 PM

Andy: As a suggestion, can you post this information on NVIDIA's download page so people will know what to download?

12-21-02, 07:10 PM	#1
Andy Mecham l33t master Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,163	Note about AMD64 and IA64 drivers vs. IA32 If you have a Pentium [MMX,II,III,IV] or Athlon, you need to use the IA32 drivers (1.0-4191). If you're unsure of what CPU you have, then you should use the IA32 drivers. The AMD64 drivers (1.0-4180) are intended for machines running AMD's x86-64 chips (codename Hammer), and not Athlons. The IA64 drivers (1.0-4050) are only intended to be used on machines running Itanium or Itanium II processors. I hope this helps alleviate some of the confusion... if you're still not sure, please reply and ask! --andy __________________ Andy Mecham NVIDIA Corporation

12-21-02, 10:45 PM	#2
ASCI Blue Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bend, Oregon Posts: 90	Just to add, from what I've seen the upcomming AMD 64 cpu's will be called: Athlon 64 (Claw hammer and to replace Athlon XP) and Opteron for the high end servers (aka Sledgehammer). __________________ Linux, staving off the apocalypse one user at a time. Sick of war crimes Windows? Try linux!

12-22-02, 12:16 AM	#3
Andy Mecham l33t master Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,163	I'm always behind on marketing names. --andy __________________ Andy Mecham NVIDIA Corporation

12-23-02, 03:16 PM	#4
ant A GeForced Ant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: An Ant Farm Posts: 337	Andy: As a suggestion, can you post this information on NVIDIA's download page so people will know what to download? __________________ Ant @ The Ant Farm (http://antfarm.ma.cx) and Ant's Quality Foraged Links (http://aqfl.net).