Author: John Dahlem
Date: 17:38:09 04/14/01
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On April 14, 2001 at 17:20:18, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >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? Is this the T-bird or Palomino? I have been wondering when a 1.5 ghz AMD will come. John > > >Tim
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