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

Author: Erkki Malkamaki

Date: 05:57:41 12/21/01

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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

Check the SPECINT2000 benchmark ( there is a website for it )

Crafty with AMD XP1900+ gets figure 942 and with Intel P4 2.0 GHz 635.
( the bigger figure is better )
I assume that this true for most chess programs.

Erkki



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