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Subject: Re: Attn everybody who wants to buy a new computer

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 12:10:10 06/19/00

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On June 19, 2000 at 14:39:47, Joakim Nilsson wrote:

>On June 19, 2000 at 13:50:19, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>
>>As of today, hardware sites are flooded with information about the AMD Duron
>>(a.k.a., Spitfire) and it looks terrific. So everybody who has been asking "is
>>processor X better than processor Y" should go out and buy one of these.
>>-Tom
>
>But still it isnt as good as the Athlon o Coppermine.But for that price...

It's more or less as good as the original Athlon, according to a number of
benchmarks. For most chess programs, I bet it's faster than the original.
-Tom



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