Author: fca
Date: 20:02:48 04/16/98
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Dear Ed Hold out till the *last* minute on getting that Pentium II for use vs Anand... Though I am almost certain you know this already, the second generation Deschutes Pentium II 400 MHz may be shipping in June... This is the *Slot 2* one, on a 450NX-chipsetted motherboard. The P2/400 just released a week ago - confusingly also under the Deschutes banner - is Slot 1 / 440BX only and is significantly slower, as though the bus now operates at 100MHz, the Level 2 cache operates at only 1/2 x CPU speed = 200MHz. The Slot 2 Deschutes 400MHz will have a Level 2 cache operating at 400 MHz *and* will be in three flavours (to be released simultaneously, I hear) - 512Kb, 1Mb and 2Mb L2 cache sizes.... think, 2Mb! For the fast games much of your hash table will be in FAST cache. :-) And, for mid-July (maybe not to late?) the 450MHz Slot 2 Deschutes.... with upto 2 Mb 450MHz L2 cache... Please phone Intel.... Please. You will then ensure Anand has a more enjoyable match - by running Rebel 9.9 on the *fastest* available unmodified PC. Not a "Slot 1" one.... All the best Kind regards fca PS: Next year Katmai-Rebel 11 vs Kasparov? :-) PPS: I know you have said commercially available PC only... but nowhere did you say it could not be placed in a freezer with internal fan and fresh desiccant... who needs Kryotech? For fast games only - for slow games, condensation and fireworks occur off the chess board and on the motherboard.. ;-( Maybe freeze the whole room (woolly jumper for Vishy)...
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