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Subject: Re: Some advice needed

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 17:10:43 04/02/00

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On April 02, 2000 at 16:00:21, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On April 02, 2000 at 13:06:08, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>Hi all:
>>I am thinking in upgrading my actual 200Mhz Intel processor for a AMD 450 Mhz.
>>Do you know of some objetion to that brand in chess processing? Problems of any
>>kind that makes of the change unadvisable?
>>Thanks
>>Fernando
>
>There's more than one kind of AMD 450MHz processor, (K6-2, K6-2+ / K6-3, maybe
>Athlon too?).  Which one did you mean?  (And which Intel processor are you
>upgrading from?)
>
>Having said that, I don't recall any particular chess-related problems with any
>of those CPUs.  Someone else might know better, though.
>
>Some programs tend to relatively favour AMD or Intel, performance-wise.  If you
>use only a particular chess engine (instead of many :-) then you might want to
>bring that up.
>
>Dave

Hi David:
Oh, yes, I forgot: it is a MMX 200 Mhz. For the price, I think what I have been
offered is the K6-2. By the way, I am going to change to w2000 next week, so,
well, I still am stuck in my doubts...
Thanks David
Fernando



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