Author: stuart taylor
Date: 22:42:30 12/25/99
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On December 23, 1999 at 14:21:35, Chris Carson wrote: >On December 23, 1999 at 13:54:59, Christopher A. Morgan wrote: > >>Just got new computer, Compaq Athlon 750, 384 MB Ram. >>Using 192 MB hash tables got Fritzmark of about 483 and >>684K Nodes per second in Fritz 6. In my PII @266 and 24 MB >>Ram hash tables (64 MB Ram total) got Fritzmark of 171 and 253K >>Nodes per second. >> >>Thought the nodes would be closer to 1 million with the 200 Mhz bus >>of Athlon 750. Any thoughts from the computer experts would be >>appreciated. > >Your speed increase is 684/253 = 2.7 (KNPS factor out), not bad. > >SPEC for AMD Athlon 750 = 33 >SPEC for PII266 = 10.7 (SE440BX motherboard) >Expected increase = 3.1 (less if you have a faster MB on the 266) > So which computer should I get for better chess playing resullts? AMD or Intel? I have been planing to get an Athlon [perhaps 550-600 mhz.] Am I going to be dissapointed if my main need for speed is computer chess? I'm not swimming in money. >SPEC ref: http://www.specbench.org/osg/cpu95/results/cint95.html > >So this looks pretty close to what I would expect your NPS increase >to be (you are getting 87% or more of the expected increase). > >Possible difference could be a newer (faster) MB in the 266 than >was tested with SPEC. Also, check your system to be sure that >the Chess program is getting the max processor time (ie, something >is not eating resources, I have to optimize my OS when I get a new >machine). :) > >Even if you got the max 3.1 increase, you would expect 784KNPS >on your new system (253KNPS x 3.1). Not bad. I would not be >surprised if others report more or less KNPS for the new Athlon, >just because of slight differences in MB and system configurations. > >Did I make this as clear as mud? Sorry. Hope my math is right. :) > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson
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