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Subject: Re: Chess and Xbox 360

Author: Dan Andersson

Date: 18:19:34 11/09/05

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On November 09, 2005 at 21:04:59, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On November 09, 2005 at 20:04:54, Dan Andersson wrote:
>
>> It will be able to play a mean game of chess. But it won't be as fast as a
>>desktop box. The cores are of the in-order-execution architecture and will
>>suffer a great deal when executing typical search code. The same situation is
>>probable when it comes to other standard game AI code too.
>> The car analogy is a fast car that doesn't handle well in a turn.
>>
>>MvH Dan
>
>This seems logical, but it will be the best bang for the buck.
>
>Terry

 That depends on what perspective one takes. If you have an AMD X2 capable
system then upgrading to a X2 3800+ is cheaper than buying the Xbox 360. Then
there is the software issue. Console prices are pretty steep. Ant then there is
the issue of the available choices. And if the 360 software will be single or
multi threaded.

MvH Dan Andersson



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