Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 05:50:53 11/11/03
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It would be better had they used a quad or 8-way Opteron running 2GHz or more. From some testing I've done in the past you can figure a single Opteron 2GHz == a P4-3.6GHz in Fritz 8 (32bit mode). So, a Quad Opteron 2.0 == Quad P4-3.6. Almost 30% faster, plus the memory bandwidth available would probably push it a bit over that with large hash table sizes. 8-way Opteron 2.0 would of course be like 8 p4-3.6's (however with some 40gb/s+ memory bandwidth available depending on bus speed). Why not use the best hardware? Seems like if you'd want to promote your new 'awesome' chess program you'd want to give it the best chance of winning.
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