Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 13:10:01 12/15/00
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On December 15, 2000 at 14:36:19, Paul Doire wrote: >On December 15, 2000 at 14:19:16, Laurence Chen wrote: > >>On December 15, 2000 at 14:03:51, Paul Doire wrote: >> >>>I can get Dual 933 intel system, for only 200.00 US more than single processor >>>same machine. >>>If chess program is not designed for dual processors,will overall speed and >>>strength still be increased with the use of two processors?? >>> >>No, unless the chess engine is optimized to use the dual or quad processor, also >>you'll need an OS which supports a dual processor system, such as Windows 2000, >>Windows NT 4.0, Linux, Solaris, BeOS. >>>Is this a waste or should I get 1.25-1.4 single processor system, to get best >>>performance from chess programs not designed for dual systems??? >>> >>It depends, a dual processor will allow allocation of CPU time usage, such as >>one can burn a CD, surf the web at the same time. So it would be possible to >>run two chess engines in a dual processor and not worry about one chess engine >>hogging all the processor time which happens in a single processor. There are >>many other benefits besides using the dual processor for chess alone. >>Regards, >>Laurence > >Just to understand,although there will be 1866Mhz of cpu power,unless program >is specifically designed for dual processors,the effect on a non-dual program >would be the same as if it had only one 933Mhz??? >I just want to be clear b4 i spend the cash,THANKS > >Paul That's true if the software is not optimized to work to take advantage on a dual/quad processor system. However, I'd get a dual motherboard anyway, and later on, should you change your mind, you can add the second processor. Regards, Laurence
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