Author: Slater Wold
Date: 14:26:37 09/28/01
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On September 28, 2001 at 17:03:36, Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso wrote: >On September 28, 2001 at 16:04:32, K. Burcham wrote: > >> >> >> >>LP CPU-K7-1400-266 AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400MHz - 266MHz Socket A $117 >>SOON CPU-XP1.6G-266 SOON..! AMD Palomino 1600MHz $175 $180.41 Link >>SOON CPU-XP1.8G-266 SOON..! AMD Palomino 1800MHz $265 $273.20 >> >>www.ebccomputers.com >> >> >>kburcham > > >I don't want to be a spoil-sport but please notice that the 1800Mhz plus model >for example is in fact running at 1533Mhz. AMD has given the Palominos their >1500 plus etc. names, and not used the clock speeds of the processors, to move >away from direct comparisons with Intel processor speeds. >In spite of this, I think the Palomino (Athlon XP) series will be the best thing >for chess software and for the great majority of software. >Their integer performance is simply great. I'm planning to get one of those with >a VIA KT266A motherboard. > >The clock speeds of the chips are: >XP 1500 - 1.33GHz >XP 1600 - 1.4GHz >XP 1700 - 1.47GHz >XP 1800 - 1.53GHz > >Regards, >Alvaro Cardoso Marketing is everything. But we all know, these AMD CPU's are the best for chess and 99% of the apps we run everyday. And I was a die-hard Intel guy, until the P4's came out. Slate
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