Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 05:42:38 09/13/01
Go up one level in this thread
On September 12, 2001 at 19:54:28, ERIQ wrote: >On September 12, 2001 at 19:49:32, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On September 12, 2001 at 19:27:18, ERIQ wrote: >> >>>I generally run linux so would love to have dual system but am not sure which >>>would run crafty faster the single athlon or dual pIII's. but I am sure they are >>>both faster than what I have now a 433 cel. :( >>> >>>(must upgrade fast) >>> >>>Let me also say that I would like something under $2,000 us. and would not mind >>>building it myself. >>> >>>I would be using it for general stuff, trying to write programs in C,C++, and of >>>course chess mostly my database programs and playing programs Yace,CT,Crafty >>>etc. >>> >>>main reason for upgrade is any time you are compiling something and try to do >>>something else, it gets sooooo slooooow. >>> >>> sign, >>> Eriq >> >>I have owned BOTH machines, and the 2x1000mhz will be faster. (On SMP >>applications.) >> >> >>Slate > >hi, I have followed your post on the new amd smp mashine. is it also a viable >option for me or is it not worth the trouble or money. IE price per proformance. > >also which motherboard suports 1000mhz pIII I have found only up too 933mhz. >Also which is faster amd smp or intel pIIIs or better. see www.aceshardware.com for benchmarks of DIEP: dual 1.2 AMD ==> 120k nps dual 1.7Ghz Xeon ==> 106k nps quad 700Xeon linux ==> 100k nps dual 1Ghz P3 ==> 80k nps (VIA chipset + socket cpu's) dual 800P3 ==> 72k nps (superior supermicro motherboard and slot1) quad xeon 550 ==> 70k nps (windows NT 4.0 tuple server) Especially VIA chipsets of the P3 work bad for DIEP. the quad xeons are by far most expensive machines, followed by the dual Xeon. Also the dual AMD is not cheap The p3s with VIA chipset are very cheap but also relatively seen slowest. Fastest for me was always a server motherboard when talking about duals. Those motherboards are usual not the cheapest.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.