Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 17:10:00 04/03/00
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On April 03, 2000 at 18:20:05, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>On April 02, 2000 at 20:08:02, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>On April 02, 2000 at 19:47:50, Djordje Vidanovic 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
>>>
>>>Dear Fernando,
>>>
>>>My humble suggestion would be to buy either an Athlon or a PIII and be satisfied
>>>for quite a while. The speed range approx. 600-700 Mhz that should definitely
>>>hold up till the next big Mhz leap.
>>>
>>>I was about suggest a dual board with two Celeron processors, but that would
>>>mean switching to NT or Win 2000; however, knowing your penchant for steering
>>>clear of the technical mumbo-jumbo, I think you'd better stick to Win98 for a
>>>while.
>>>
>>>All the best to you an
>
>
>
>d the family. Is it finally getting a little cooler in
>>>Santiago now? :-)
>>>
>>>*** Djordje
>>
>>
>>Hi Jorge:
>>Yeah, cooler by now, at last... I was somewhat bored with regular sunny days.
>>Well, respect my question, you does not tell me nothing. Should I interpret that
>>as a recomnedation not to purchae the bloody thing?
>>Abrazos y besos para Alex
>>Fernando
>
>
>Fernando,
>
>I did recommend updating to an Athlon (600-700Mhz) or a PIII (600-700Mhz) and
>sticking to Win98... in case you don't want to bother with a new OS such as NT
>or Win2000. Sorry for not being very clear.
>
>Abrazos para toda la familia Villegas.
>
>*** Jorge
I would suggest to go for the Athlon. The PIII really sucks, for my program at
least. I don't know why, but the PIII-450 is slower than the K6-2 400 for Chess
Tiger (close to 10% slower!).
The Athlon is OK for Tiger, and as far as I know is OK for other programs too. A
friend of mine has an Athlon 550 and made some tests with various chess programs
and was quite satisfied.
Christophe
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