Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 14:12:53 08/01/01
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On August 01, 2001 at 16:15:31, Roy Eassa wrote: >On August 01, 2001 at 15:55:19, Frank Wolf wrote: > >>While looking at PC options I came accross this 1.7G Xeon processor in single or >>dual availability. I have never seen this processor discussed for chess. Is it >>any good (especially dual)? How does it compare to Athlon and P3 and P4? > > >I don't claim to be an expert, but my understanding is that the Xeon is a >special version of the corresponding Intel chip (in this case, the P4) that has >more cache and is a LOT more expensive. The extra cache is true for the Pentium III Xeon, but the Pentium IV Xeon, which is the only one made at 1.7G currently, does not have larger caches. My recommendation would be to stay as far as possible away from that piece of junk. -- GCP
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