Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 00:49:02 11/10/05
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On November 09, 2005 at 21:19:34, Dan Andersson wrote: >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 I agree with the upgrade may be better, but I believe the XBOX 360 is multithreaded, and all three processors have been designed to work in parallel. The console I believe is relatively cheap, lower than 400USD...maybe as low as 320 USD. Also the three 64 bit processors deliver up to 210+ Gigaflops. That is fast! But there may be other issues that deny you that raw power, as you mentioned in an earlier post ie, The cores are of the in-order-execution architecture and will suffer a great deal when executing typical search code. Terry
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