Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 13:58:09 12/21/01
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On December 21, 2001 at 04:01:17, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >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 >>$100. >>-Tom > >(snip) >"but for chess p4 is much faster" >(snip) > >If that is not a clear statement i don't know what is. I misread. Sorry. > >I should have been clear about prices though. Anyway if you are going to >compare, the topline XP then you should compare it to the topline P4: > >AMD XP 1900+ 323$ >P4 2.0 Ghz 548$ > >Regards >Jonas I don't see why it necessarily makes sense to compare top of the line to top of the line. -Tom
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