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Subject: Re: Fritz 7 - PENTIUM 4 or AMD 7

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 00:21:57 12/21/01

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On December 21, 2001 at 01:26:05, Jonas Cohonas wrote:

>On December 21, 2001 at 01:22:44, jamal wrote:
>
>>On December 20, 2001 at 23:08:23, Robert Wilkins wrote:
>>
>>>  Howdy Folks
>>>
>>>
>>>  I have read that the AMD chip is better at running chess programs than
>>> the Intel chip. Is there any truth to this or are people just blowing their
>>> horns because they own an AMD system. I just bought F7 and need to upgrade so
>>> would like some advice.
>>>
>>>                                                            TIA
>>>                                                             Robert Wilkins
>>P4 now days is cheap its runs faster amd if you are useing it for 3d games then
>>buy amd its a lil faster but for chess p4 is much faster also it runs much
>>cooler then the amd chip which tends to freez some time. For me spending 50 buxs
>>more is worth it.
>
>P4 does not run faster than AMD for chess!!
>50$ try 100$ atleast.
>
>Regards
>Jonas

He didn't say it runs faster for chess, and the price difference depends on what
clockspeeds you're comparing. AMD 1900: $246, Intel 1.9GHz: $257, diff: $11, not
$100.
-Tom



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