Author: Michael P. Nance Sr.
Date: 05:38:04 03/22/01
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On March 22, 2001 at 07:22:10, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >On March 22, 2001 at 05:07:35, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On March 22, 2001 at 04:23:58, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >> >>>On March 22, 2001 at 04:06:46, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>I need to know during these hours if I should bother upgrading from AMD k6-3 >>>>400mhz. to Pentium 3, Intel, 866mhz. together with, maybe a faster newer hard >>>>drive of about 20 ghz, from about 10 ghz? >>>> Will it atleast double speed for most chess programs (Tiger, Rebel, Fritz >>>>etc)? >>>> Will it also be beneficial in all other ways? >>>> Any thing less beneficial? >>>>Thanks alot for any advice, and I need to know quick. >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>>Why upgrade to a pentium 3 866 when you can get the Athlon T-bird 1.2ghz for the >>>same price?? i have the T-bird 1.2ghz clocked to 1.3ghz and it is FAST! >>>Benchmark tests shows that the T-bird 1.2ghz is faster than the pentium 4 1.5ghz >>>it is the fastest single processor system you can get (as far as i know). >>> >>>www.tomshardware.com has all the benchmarks you need, including the t-bird >>>versus the p4 1.5 >>> >>>I get with my system a Fritzmark of 1200+ kN/s and Deep Junior is as strong (or >>>maby stronger than Deep Fritz) on my single processor system, when it get's >>>speed enough. >>>You would get more or equal speed if you where to buy the Duron 850 as with the >>>p3 866 so i strongly suggest the T-bird 1.2 >>> >>>Regards >>>Jonas >>> >>>Regards >>>Jonas >> >>Yes, that's what I really intended, but I didn't know it was the same price. But >>in Israel, there are not many AMD dealers, and the one I know, I fell out with. >>Also, a good Intel dealer told me that Intel has its benefits, such as much >>better multi media etc, and that AMD is lacking in that because they never had >>MMX technology, or anything equal to it. But I'm not saying that is the most >>important thing. >>Thanks, any further comment? >>S.Taylor > >It is true that pentium has it's benefits too, but when it comes to chess you >won't gat a faster system than amd infact the only benchmarks (of the results i >have seen) where pentium 4 1.5ghz does better than T-bird 1.2 is in the video >rendering department. If you are not on best terms with your amd dealer maby you >can get a friend to make the purchase for you? or maby you can order from an >other country using a credit card? or mail order by check? > >The price of a T-bird 1.2ghz (here in denmark) is about 200$ and the p3 is about >190$ > >You also have to take into consideration that you will need a new motherboard, >whether you choose to go with amd or pentium. > >Regards >Jonas What is this T-bird that your taiking about? I've never seen one and only heard ot them here at the CCC.Is this T-bird a desktop type of Computer?There must be a large difference in the monetary exchange in Denmark from the United States because any gig and up,128 ram,40 ghz starts about1800 dollars here in US.
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