Author: John Dahlem
Date: 14:33:49 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 17:01:16, Bertil Eklund wrote: >On March 29, 2001 at 14:01:46, Stephen Ham wrote: > >>Dear Computer Chess Experts, >> >>I know next to nothing about computers. However, I will soon be purchasing a >>home PC which I will combine with a chess program to blunder-check my future >>correspondence chess games. >> >>The 1.33 GHz. AMD that I'm considering comes with 256MB of SDRAM. However, for >>$250 more, I can buy 256MB of DDR SDRAM which is touted as being super-fast for >>graphics. Here's my question: Does the DDR SDRAM have any application that will >>speed up chess programs for faster/deeper searches? If so, is it worth the >>increased cost? >> >>Since I have your attention, please allow me one more question. I've been >>visiting this board for some time now, just to try to gain an education about >>chess programs and computers prior to making my first big purchase. However, it >>seems that people only write about CPU speed regarding chess engine performance. >>Doesn't RAM also speed up the chess engine? I know it's helpful for for deep >>searches but thought that it also has an effect upon speed performance. >> >>Thanks in advance for you help and advice. >> >>Stephen Ham > >Hi! > >Spend your money on at least 512mb memory (100USD extra), it speeds up the >analyze in endgames dramatically. You can't get that much if you go DDR though, right? > >Bertil
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