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The scheduled upgrade of my server had me on a hunt for hardware. Instead of taking the easy route and buying another 32 bit system to replace the server, I decided to complicate my life and upgrade my primary desktop to 64. Why? Because all the hip kids are going 64 and I have to stay cool. I'll cycle down the old 32 bit hardware to create my new server. This results in double the work which of course means double the pleasure, and wasted time. That out of the way, I settled on a 939 Socket Motherboard since it's the latest and greatest, which meant I could only afford an Athlon 64 3200+ processor. I then went through the nightmare of a WinXP 64 install with 80% beta drivers and very little support. Unless you enjoy wasting time like myself, I don't recommend XP 64 yet. I have yet to see any noticeable difference other than the "64 bit edition" text on all the OS screens, but I'm fully 64 now and that's what counts for geek points (don't pay attention to all the stuff in c:\Program Files (x86))! I ran various 3D games with the same speed as before, so either the 32-bit emulator is really good or the game runs native 32 or 64 in DirectX mode. Stay tuned for the server upgrade followup.