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

Author: Jonas Cohonas

Date: 01:01:17 12/21/01

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On December 21, 2001 at 03:21:57, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>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

(snip)
"but for chess p4 is much faster"
(snip)

If that is not a clear statement i don't know what is.

I should have been clear about prices though. Anyway if you are going to
compare, the topline XP then you should compare it to the topline P4:

AMD XP 1900+ 323$
P4  2.0 Ghz  548$

Regards
Jonas



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