Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 19:01:22 04/02/01
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On April 02, 2001 at 20:51:37, Lin Harper wrote: > It's not that I don't share your curiosity about chess > performance on AMD versus P4, it's just that I don't have > Fritz, but I have a P4/1.3Ghz/128mg Ram. Someone put up a site > address re: relative performances of AMD vs P4, and the difference > in integer performance was _very_ marginal, for a given clockspeed. > I got a good deal on a P4 (box only), but I should have held off > for the next Pentium. 'Itanium', I think they are calling it. > Someone posted here that he was getting anywhere in the region > of 1300 to 1800 kns on a P4 overclocked to 1.8Ghz. I'm only presuming > that was his 'Fritzmark'. I guess this means the kn/s varies with > the position on the board. (Yes it Does) Thanks for your reply. Actually I was thinking of you when I posted this as I knew you did get a P4 recently:) Don't be too concerened about the Itanium, as it's for 64bit applications to show it's "Real Power" and there has been much discussion if it would be good for 32bit Chess Software. Robert Hyatt I remember, among a few others, discussing the Itanium as it would relate to chess and I believe he felt it would actually be slower for technical reasons. I guess the only way to be certain is actually testing it! But it's still on hold for now in the hands of developers etc. I believe it's due out soon but who knows? I do know Intel will be selling processors on the 0.13micron process early next year. I believe the Itanium will be sold in large volume sometime next year. When the top chess software is 64bit then the Itanium will be the obvious choice from Intel. AMD of course will have there version as well and will not be out till 2002. Regards, Terry McCracken
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