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Subject: Re: How are dual cores going to affect chess?

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 14:21:07 01/29/05

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On January 29, 2005 at 17:16:55, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

First click below that : "quad processor"

instead of buying a dual.

then hit UPDATE.



>On January 29, 2005 at 17:12:15, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On January 29, 2005 at 16:52:16, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>
>>Yes i know certain people like you like to run a quad with just 1 processor
>>inside.
>>
>>I like to have 4.
>>
>>I clicked quad itanium2 1.6ghz and was directly at $50k when i hit update.
>>
>>That's with just a 36GB harddisk by the way.
>
>Once again: *quad* 1.5GHz -- with all four CPUs, not with one -- costs less than
>$19k.
>
>Your original post was about 1.5GHz Itanium2, not high-end ones. There are much
>more expensive gigher end ones, I have quad 1.7GHz/9Mb system in my office.
>
>Thanks,
>Eugene
>
>>$50k is not bad for a system which is equally fast to a quad opteron 1.6Ghz for
>>Diep. That said, it's a lot faster for diep than most other software.
>>
>>Actually a quad opteron 2.2Ghz fully configured at ebay is < $10k.
>>
>>Vincent
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>On January 29, 2005 at 15:45:25, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>...
>>>>We're talking practical about $70000 for a quad itanium2 at 1.5Ghz.
>>>
>>>You can buy quad Itanium2/1.5GHz/4Mb with 2Gb of RAM and fast SCSI hard drive
>>>for less than $19,000.
>>>
>>>http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_7250?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz
>>>
>>>(Start with default configuration, replace default CPU by 1.5GHz/4Mb, say that
>>>you want 4 of them, and replace 4 hours on-site support with next next business
>>>day one).
>>>
>>>So you are off by 3.7x (70,000/19,000).
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Eugene



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