Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:53:51 10/22/97
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On October 22, 1997 at 14:14:16, Chris Whittington wrote: > >On October 22, 1997 at 14:02:23, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 22, 1997 at 13:11:19, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On October 22, 1997 at 09:27:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>I've also asked this before, but no answer. I'll ask again: "how fast >>>>is not too fast". IE what is the maximum allowable mhz you'd want to >>>>see? >>>>Why is a PII/300 not an issue when it is significantly faster than a >>>>K6/233? >>>>why is a 500 (or 766mhz) alpha a problem, when my 500 mhz machine is >>>>probably not even 1.5x the PII/300? >>>> >>>>Again, "how fast is too fast"??? >>> >>>To save Chris the trouble, I think he would argue that any machine you >>>bring that is faster than the tournament machine, is too fast. >>> >>>I mentioned a P5/60 vs a 486/66, which was the "fast" machine vs the >>>"standard" machine in 1993, and he said this was unfair, too. >>> >>>bruce >> >>I don't agree, because he said that the P5/133 vs P5/120 was O.K. and >>that the PII/300 vs the AMD K6/233 was "ok". But a 500mhz alpha (my >>case) >>vs the AMD is "not ok." I was looking for quantification of what >>exactly >>"ok" means... > >You can have a 'qualification'. Fast alphas are a CLASS ABOVE. > >Chris I'm looking for "quantify" rather than "qualify". IE, give me a number that is the upper bound for acceptable hardware. IE if the PII/300 is ok, then the 500mhz alpha should be ok... they are comparable. Quantify == give me numbers. Specific example numbers. 1.5x faster than K6/233 is ok. 1.3X faster than K6/233 is ok... Some *number*. Not just that "alphas are a CLASS ABOVE"...
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