Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 14:46:29 12/08/00
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On December 08, 2000 at 17:22:42, Randy Schmidt wrote: >On December 08, 2000 at 17:03:47, John Dahlem wrote: > >>Where do you people get all this information? I checked Toms Hardaware and it >>seemed to show that the P4 was quite a bit better in performance than any AMD on >>the market. And who has done testing for it with chess programs? Is there some >>new technology coming very soon that would make it a better idea to wait on a >>purchase? It's been five years since the last one (I have a pentium 75 mhz and >>16 megs of ram!) and I want a computer that will last awhile. I know AMD is >>cheaper, but at the moment all I care about is performance. Randy Schmidt's post >>seemed to say the best time to buy would be February, is this true? > >Read Tom's Hardware carefully. The P4 shines only on very specific tasks. >Did you read all the other articles right below the "main one"? >You can also go to other sites like AnandTech and get the same results. > >None of the P4's strengths are chess related. Yes You do need to read _all_ of Tom's article's. And a post here about the P4 relative to chess programs Wayne
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