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Subject: Re: Processors

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 21:09:05 11/29/99

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On November 29, 1999 at 23:08:30, Dennis A. Bourgerie wrote:

>I am thinking about buying a notebook computer.  There are different kinds of
>processors on the market, for example, Celeron, K6-2, K6-3, Pentium, Pentium II,
>Pentium III.  I would like to get a notebook that can efficiently run Rebel 10
>or Fritz or other chess programs.
>     My question is:  If the processors were to be ranked from best to worst how
>would the list go?  Also what other factors   (maybe RAM or secondary cache) are
>the most important for getting good results from a chess program?

Some chess programs perform better on the AMD, some on the Pentium.  But the
difference isn't huge.  As far as ram goes, once you get above 128mb, there's
not much point in adding more.  As long as you're talking about systems < $3000,
then it doesn't make much difference.  Just get the highest mhz.

Will




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