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Subject: Re: Rebel-v/d Wiel on P3 866 MHz

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 05:23:57 01/07/01

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On January 07, 2001 at 07:14:02, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 07, 2001 at 06:26:48, Mark Schreiber wrote:
>
>>On January 05, 2001 at 09:56:08, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>
>>>It bears repeating that one cannot compare the clockrates of P4 an PIII, the
>>>performance of Rebel searchwise on a P4 1.5 GHz may or may not be better than a
>>>PIII 866. But the SpecInt score for Crafty is abysmal compared to a 1.2 GHz
>>>T-Bird.
>>>
>>>Regards Dan Andersson
>>
>>I was not comparing clockrates. I only said that Rebel in its entirety would
>>probably run faster on a P4 1.5 GHz than on P3 866 MHz. The P3 866 MHz is not
>>the fastest commercially available PC today. It would be an easy way to improve
>>Rebel’s performance. I think maybe the sponsor and not Ed Schröder may decide
>>what computer to use.
>>Mark
>
>I am not sure if P4 1.5 GHz is faster or slower.
>I undertood from previous posts that PIV is a downgrade relative to PIII with
>the same number of Mhz's(at least for chess programs)
>
>I guess that is better to use the fastest PIII for the match and 866 is not the
>fastest pentiumIII
>
>Uri

It was probably the fastes machine the sponsor could provide, and fast enough
for Ed not to carry his own hardware to the event.  I doubt an ie. Athlon 1.2GHz
256MB would make that much difference either.

Ernst.




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