Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 14:20:18 04/14/01
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On April 14, 2001 at 10:21:35, Frank Wolf wrote: >My friend and I are in disagreement regarding the seed (for chess) of the >following systems: Dual P3 at 1GZ with 512 SDRAM vs Athlon 1.33 with 512 SDRAM. >Which is faster and by how much. Any Fritzmark data out there with these >systems. He is going to lay down the cash for one of them. Dear Frank, Assuming that the 1.33 ghz Athlon is 20% faster than an equivalent Intel Pentium then it would be at 1.6 speed units and the dual Pentium 1 ghz would be at 1.7 . I don't think that it is worth the trouble and expense to have dual P3s when you can get the Athlon setup for less than 75% of the dual Athlon. That does not even take into account the need for Windows NT or Win 2000. At the end of this year we should hav 2.0 ghz Athlons. In five years from now we may have the equivalent of 10-30 ghz Athlons/Pentiums. Why not just wait for an Athlon 1.5 ghz in another month or two? Tim
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