Author: Lars Sandin
Date: 23:47:59 09/05/00
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On September 05, 2000 at 22:16:15, Gordon Rattray wrote: >I've seen it mentioned in the past that some programs run better on, say, a PIII >than an Athlon with similar clock speed, or vice versa. I assume that for >almost all programs, any such differences are insignificant?! Or should I be >thinking about what programs I intend running when I choose a processor? > >Gordon That depends on how important you think some extra kNPS is for you? When I did a little test on a Athlon (Slot A) 900 MHz vs. a Pentium III 700 MHz, I noticed that Crafty is nearly as fast on the PIII 700 than on the Athlon 900! Fritz was faster on the Athlon and Comet was clearly faster. I though admit that a more interesting approach would be to test the computers at similar clock speeds. Will test some more when I find some Duron / Thunderbird-models. Lars
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