Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 17:31:31 11/12/01
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>> >>Please tell me what rating gains are acutually achieved with the Athlon. >>I guessed 30pts. so is that a fair guess? Please answer the question. > >I think 30pts is a just as fair guess as anyone can give. To really say >something about it I think you need to check the same prog. on the two >configurations and check how much deeper you search or perhaps the NPS. >Someone probably has a scale for rating vs search speed. I think double speed >maybe is about 60 elo pts. > >Torstein > Thanks Torstein, that's a fair answer, and if the computer is bought solely for chess, it would be enough for most people to go the AMD route. Intersting though would be a compitition between the Athlon and P-4 with identical chess software and see the results in practical games. Terry
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