Author: stuart taylor
Date: 05:36:26 04/20/01
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On April 20, 2001 at 07:05:03, Paul Petersson wrote: >On April 20, 2001 at 03:25:19, Uri Blass wrote: > >>I talked with a friend who told me that he intends to buy pentium4. >>He is using his computer mainly for chess. >> >>I told him that PIII is better for chess programs. > >Not only that but the current P4 will be replaced by an improved version later >this year. The new version will use a different CPU-sockel. The current P4 >versions should be avoided like the plague! >You friend is much better of buying a P3/1133MHz. > >Paul > > >> >>He did not believe it and when I told him that people found it about the chess >>programs of today he told me that the reason is probably the fact that the >>programmers of chess programs are from the old generation and do not know how to >>use the pentium4 effectively. >> >>He asks how is it possible that the pentiumIV do things faster when these things >>are irrelevant for chess programs. >> >> >>I have also some questions >> >>1)Is it possible to write chess programs that are optimized for the pentium4 and >>not for the pentium3 so pentium4 is faster than pentium3 >>with the same megaherth speed? >> >>2)Is it truth that the pentium3 is faster for integers when the pentium4 is >>faster for using variables that are not integers and using integers is always >>better even on pIV? >> >>Uri Thanks alot for all this information. I was just about to give a bid in an auction type postal sale for pentium 4 1.3 GHZ. But noe I can see why it didn't look much more expensive (if at all-per GHZ.) to the pentium 3 next to it. You know, Uri?(in the Michraz hakaful, and Michraz kahalacha)! S.Taylor
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