Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 08:43:46 10/29/01
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On October 29, 2001 at 11:36:29, J. C. Boco wrote: >If I could choose bewteen a 1.0 GHz P4, a 1.0 GHz P3, or a 1.0GHz Celeron, which >one should I choose strictly for chess purposes? I would choose the missing one: Athlon 1GHz :) Of P3 and Celeron, the P3 should be faster. The P4 will blow at 1GHz. >If there is a difference for >chess programs, how much slower will the Celeron be than the P4, assumeing the >same processor speed? The Celeron will be _faster_ at the same clockspeed. >If the choice was between a 1.7 GHz P4 with a 400 MHz bus speed, and a 1.7 GHz >P3 with a 133 MHz Bus speed, which one should I choose strictly for chess >purposes? If there is a difference, how much would it be? I would choose the 1.7GHz P3. They do not exist, so there is no way to tell how much the difference would be. >Should I choose RDRAM (which is in P4's) or SDRAM, given that each is 256 M and >the SDRAM is not "shared" (whatever that means). Once again, if there is a >difference for a chess program, how big will it be? I think (not sure) that SDRAM will be faster as it has lower latency. Throughput is not as important for chess. >If I choose SDRAM, how much difference in a chess program's speed will there >between the 100 MHz and the 133 MHz varieties? I have no idea. >Given any type of RAM, if I double it from say 256 to 512, will that increase >the speed of a chess program? Depends on the timecontrols. If you can fill those 256M, having 512M will be an advantage (albeit a very tiny one I predict). -- GCP
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