Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 00:41:42 04/17/98
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>Dear Ed >Hold out till the *last* minute on getting that Pentium II for use vs >Anand... >Though I am almost certain you know this already, the second generation >Deschutes Pentium II 400 MHz may be shipping in June... This is the >*Slot 2* one, on a 450NX-chipsetted motherboard. >The P2/400 just released a week ago - confusingly also under the >Deschutes banner - is Slot 1 / 440BX only and is significantly slower, >as though the bus now operates at 100MHz, the Level 2 cache operates at >only 1/2 x CPU speed = 200MHz. >The Slot 2 Deschutes 400MHz will have a Level 2 cache operating at 400 >MHz *and* will be in three flavours (to be released simultaneously, I >hear) - 512Kb, 1Mb and 2Mb L2 cache sizes.... think, 2Mb! >For the fast games much of your hash table will be in FAST cache. :-) >And, for mid-July (maybe not to late?) the 450MHz Slot 2 Deschutes.... >with upto 2 Mb 450MHz L2 cache... Please phone Intel.... Please. >You will then ensure Anand has a more enjoyable match - by running Rebel >9.9 on the *fastest* available unmodified PC. Not a "Slot 1" one.... Thanks for the info. It will be a difficult choice between AMD and Intel. For the moment I think AMD is more likely. >All the best >Kind regards >fca >PS: Next year Katmai-Rebel 11 vs Kasparov? :-) And then Rebel 12 vs Deep Blue. Finally :) - Ed - >PPS: I know you have said commercially available PC only... but nowhere >did you say it could not be placed in a freezer with internal fan and >fresh desiccant... who needs Kryotech? For fast games only - for slow >games, condensation and fireworks occur off the chess board and on the >motherboard.. ;-( Maybe freeze the whole room (woolly jumper for >Vishy)...
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