Author: Michael P. Nance Sr.
Date: 09:06:25 03/22/01
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On March 22, 2001 at 09:47:53, James T. Walker wrote: >On March 22, 2001 at 08:38:04, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote: > >>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. > >The Athlon Thunderbird processor was the latest cpu from AMD. I upgraded my >K6-3-450 to an Athlon Thunderbird 900 Mhz processor a few months ago for $331. >That included the motherboard,CPU, and fan. I still used my PC100 ram from the >old motherboard. I'm sure it is cheaper now. I recently purchased 256 M DIMM >for $53. Prices are going down. >Jim What the Web address to the suppliers You get Your componts from? Mike
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