Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 14:42:07 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 17:33:49, John Dahlem wrote: >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 Hi! I don't think DDR-memory are faster for chess-programs, better go for a lot of conventional SDRAM now when it is so cheap. Bertil
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