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

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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