Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 14:54:39 09/28/01
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Probably I don't understand something, but on SpecInt 2k P4 is *overall* better than Athlon. And there are lot of applications where P4 is better *on the same clock speed*. You can go to the www.spec.org and check the numbers yourself. For example, on GCC P4 1.4GHz *base* number is 25% better than Athlon 1.4GHz *peak* number. SpecInt2k for P4/1.4GHz and Athlon/1.4GHz are roughly equivalent -- 499 vs 495, but you can buy 2GHz P4 *today*, without any pre-ordering. Crafty just happened to be the unfortunate application that runs worse on P4 than on the Athlon *unmodified*. But you don't have that restriction, you can modify the source. Eugene On September 28, 2001 at 17:26:37, Slater Wold wrote: >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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