Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: 2887-2970 kns in september

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 06:19:29 03/23/01

Go up one level in this thread


On March 22, 2001 at 22:41:55, K. Burcham wrote:

>i see where the 760mp chipset motherboard and the dual amd processor is expected
>to be released in september. the article says it will most likely be 1500 mhz.
>if this is like my other amd overclocked processors, it should overclock to at
>least 1650 mhz., with the proper cooling. so this might go something like this:
>
>1650 x .9   = 1485kns  (single processor)
>1650 x 1.75 = 2887kns  (dual processor)
>1650 x 1.80 = 2970kns  (dual processor with ddr)
>
>with the ddr ram, this might be closer to the 2970kns.
>
>
>if this happens i dont see how the single processor programs stand a chance
>against the top dual processor programs at these speeds. even with the new
>single processor programs such as,  tiger ll(with patch), century 3, etc., it
>seems the kns gap between the single processor programs and the dual processor
>programs is widening. it seems like they should do like we do in racing.
>
>your case would have to go through a tech line.
>the case would have to be opened and checked for single, dual or quad
>processors. then from there, all programs would be in one of these "classes".
>class A would be unlimited, would include from 4 processors up.
>class B would be dual processors only.
>class C would be single processors only.
>with no limit on ram or processor mhz.
>and i dont think the programmers should have to weigh in.
>
>just a racing thought,
>xracer

I love it when you talk like that!  But!  The bottom line is that duals will
never be 2x faster than singles.  So they may have a 40-50 point advantage and
that would not justify the drain on my bank account.  And it just may be that
the best program out there is running only on a single and is 40-50 points
better than anything running on a dual which would make them even.
Jim



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.