Author: Slater Wold
Date: 05:43:52 09/25/01
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On September 25, 2001 at 08:26:22, stuart taylor wrote: >On September 24, 2001 at 21:23:50, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On September 24, 2001 at 21:20:10, Pham Minh Tri wrote: >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>From some old posts of last week, I have known that Athlon 1.4 still overcomes >>>Intel4 2GHz for chess applications. It seems be the best choice for me. I will >>>take one soon. In one hand, I feel unhappy because there is not any new breaking >>>technology (for chess), but in the other hand, I feel happy because I will save >>>more money for buying the best one (Athlon is much cheeper than the lastest >>>Intel, I guess we could be safe to ignore Intel for around 6-8 months - the time >>>need for releasing new processor and reducing its price into acceptable one). >>> >>>However, before going out to buy Athlon, I am curious if AMD is planing to >>>release any new processor. Does anybody know about it? Is it worth to wait few >>>months (1-3 months) for new one? Any suggestion? >> >>The AMD 1.53Ghz should be out in 1-3 months. I cannot give an exact day, but I >>am confident, in 1-3 months. :) > > >You see?! I'm not upset in the slightest about having purchased my 1.4 GHz. >Athlon (the better type) 6 weeks ago, if in 1-3 months from it will still only >be a 1.53Ghz. (even though my computer is in a place where I cannot see it >often, which is quite sensless. But that's besides the point). > It didn't cost too much, relatively, and It's still at the top. Get it now >quick! > AND PLEASE, TAKE A LOOK AT MY POST ABOVE (IN THIS THREAD) AND GIVE YOUR >THOUGHTS! ANYONE. >Thanks >S.Taylor > > >> >>Is 130mhz worth waiting for? That's up to you! >> >> >>Slate When the 1.53Ghz comes out, I will buy it. But that shouldn't surprise anyone here. Slate
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