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Subject: Re: Is the Duron similar to Thunderbird?

Author: Gordon Rattray

Date: 04:00:00 06/14/00

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On June 13, 2000 at 18:54:04, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>Oops, forgot to answer the question about the Athlon vs. Pentium (III).
>
>On most benchmarks, the PIII seems to do _marginally_ better than an Athlon of
>the same clock speed.
>
>If I was in the market, I'd buy an Athlon, though, because they're usually much
>cheaper and easier to obtain.
>
>-Tom

Is there anything else that needs to be considered when buying a system with one
of these processors?  For example, do you know if FSB (front side bus) speed has
any significant affect?  I've noticed some systems with 100Mhz SDRAM and others
with 133Mhz.  Any idea if this matters for chess programs?

cheers
Gordon

• Re: Is the Duron similar to Thunderbird? Tom Kerrigan 11:10:19 06/14/00
  • Who needs Tom's Hardware guide, we have Toms Chess Hardware guide. :-) Torstein Hall 15:10:58 06/14/00
    • Re: Who needs Tom's Hardware guide, we have Toms Chess Hardware guide. :-) Gordon Rattray 05:45:15 06/15/00
      • Thanks guys :) (NT) Tom Kerrigan 14:33:08 06/15/00

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