Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 14:50:50 09/03/01
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On September 03, 2001 at 16:54:29, Terry McCracken wrote: >On September 03, 2001 at 16:18:06, CLiebert wrote: > >>On September 03, 2001 at 13:05:47, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>On September 03, 2001 at 06:44:03, CLiebert wrote: >>> >>>>On September 02, 2001 at 18:32:35, Terry McCracken wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 02, 2001 at 13:36:02, CLiebert wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On September 02, 2001 at 10:07:33, Aaron Tay wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Sorry if this is a old question. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>But does the Athlon thunderbird 1.4 GHZ still out perform the P4 2.0 GHZ in for >>>>>>>Chess programs? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>I guess "yes" ! >>>>>> >>>>>>Christian >>>>> >>>>>I have to say "no" this time! >>>>> >>>>>The P-4 2.0Ghz is beating the Athlon 1.4Ghz on every benchmark, so I'd say >>>>>it would speed up a chess programme as well. >>>>> >>>>>Terry >>>> >>>> >>>>Did it?? >>>> >>>>May be you should have a look at some drystones >>>>which are much more important for chess than gameframes! >>>> >>>>A1500/147FSB. KT266A; 4331 Drystones >>>>A1400, KT266 3965 >>>>P4-2.0, 3788 >>>> >>>>tom is testing very "intel friendly", if you would like >>>>to read another test try this link: >>>> >>>>>> >>>Is there an English Site/Version? >>> >>> >>>Also the "New" P-4 will be built using Intel's "New" 0.13 micron process >>>running at speeds next year that'll exceed 2Ghz, I'd expect even higher >>>than the 3.5Ghz demo. >>> >>>The "Northwood" core will be far more powerful the "Willimett" core. This is http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/673/index.html >the >>>next step in the evolution of the P-4. >>> >>>As I said, time will tell. >>> >>>Terry >> >> >> >>That time will tell isn´t very surprising for me?! But are you living in the >>future or today? >> >>Especially for your dreams I have the following news for you ;-) >> >> >>AMD Hammer Model 3500+ Near? >>By Zach Gusky >>Date: August 31, 2001 >> >>2.0 GHz AMD Hammer Chip Coming Soon? >> >>Industry sources, moles, and various others [ed: could that be us?] have rumored >>the fact that AMD is MUCH closer to completion of its Hammer series of MPUs than >>the chipmaker lets on. The Hammer, AMD's next generation line of 64-bit >>processors, is perhaps sampling already and could be ready to sell in Q1 of next >>year. AMD's public line on these chips is that they won't be ready until the >>second half of next year. >> >>Some articles and reports suggest that a 2.0 GHz Sledgehammer will be equivalent >>to three 1 GHz Athlons. If this is so and if the Athlon was the basis for AMD’s >>upcoming “Model” rating system, then we could infer that a 2.0 GHz >>Sledgehammer’s "Model" rating would be 3000+. But the Athlon is not the basis >>for AMD’s upcoming “Model” nomenclature -- the Intel Pentium 4 is. >> >>I believe the whole reason for AMD's, at first glance, apparently ludicrous >>return to a “PR”-type naming system is that, when compared to the P4, this 2 GHz >>Hammer would carry around a 3500+ rating. And this may be at a time when Intel >>Pentium 4 line tops out at 2.2 GHz. [ed: Could this be why Intel demoed the 3.5 >>GHz P4 at IDF last week?] >> >>The AMD Model rating system may not look healthy now when the scheme is being >>applied to Palomino Athlons, but when consumers realize they are getting a 2.0 >>GHz chip that can perform roughly at equivalent levels with nonexistent 3.5 GHz >>Intel Pentium 4s, they will indeed be surprised... > >Thanks I've read this already....taking it with a grain of salt. >The P4 will be run at speeds of 10Ghz before they "top out"!:) >I suspect AMD's 64/IA will be costly and like the Itanium, not optimized for >32/IA, which means if the programmers don't make 64 bit ver. of their software >I doubt the 64 bit chips will improve the performance of the current 32 bit >programmes. > >This was discussed sometime back by Dr. Hyatt and others, in regards to Intel's >Itanium Processor. > >Regardless, do you have an English Version of this site? > >http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/673/index.html > > > >Terry Actually the x86-64/Sledgehammer WILL be highly optimized for 64bit AND 32bit stuff. Itanium is priced ridiculously and runs like garbage in 32bit applications. I definately will grab the Sledgehammer as soon as possible. If Intel continues to screw up they are going to be in some serious trouble. ;)
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