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Subject: Re: How does type of Processor, speed of processor BUS, and RAM affect s

Author: J. C. Boco

Date: 10:35:10 10/30/01

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>I would choose the missing one: Athlon 1GHz :)


I also would pick the AMD chip, I didn't mention it because they seem to be
nonexistant in preconfigured systems I have seen in PCworld (last 2 issues, new
subscriber).  I specifically mean the Gateway and Dell advertisement pages,
which are the companies I would like to buy from.

>Of P3 and Celeron, the P3 should be faster. The P4 will blow at 1GHz.

If it blows, that's a bad thing, right?  Within this posted question i have
learned that the P4 would actually be worse for a chess program than a P3.


>>If there is a difference for
>>chess programs, how much slower will the Celeron be than the P4, assuming the
>>same processor speed?
>
>The Celeron will be _faster_ at the same clockspeed.

So it sounds like the best bet is to buy the Athlon chip.  The second best thing
is to pick a P3 over the P4.  Well, that will save a few bucks, won't it?

Thanks a lot.





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