Author: Will Singleton
Date: 09:20:32 12/15/01
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On December 15, 2001 at 11:46:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 15, 2001 at 01:04:22, Will Singleton wrote: > >>I just got a Micron Athlon XP 1900+, single cpu, running at 1.6ghz. I am just >>blown away by the whole experience. >> >>First of all, Win XP is pretty amazing. It appears to be rock solid, super-user >>friendly, and looks and feels great. Wonderful utilities, auto-config >>everything, and everything seems to work. I think this is the first OS I have >>used that appears to fulfill the promise of useful and easy computing for the >>masses. >> >>But the speed of this thing is amazing. I can have 10 progs open at once, and >>not even notice any performance hit. But the chess is even more amazing. I >>have a copy of Yace, and it gets an average of 1 million nps on this monster. I >>played a few games on ICC, and it's pretty damn strong. >> >>Here's an example. In a 5 5 game tonight, Yace went from a negative score to >>like +2 in 10-15 seconds, like right out of book vs Rebel. How long does it >>take your prog to go positive in this position? >> >>[D]1q2kb1r/3n1ppp/2b1p3/1Np3N1/1p1Pn3/1B6/1P2QPPP/2B2RK1 w k - 0 1 >> >>The only problem with the Micron is the excessive fan noise. Guess the Athlon >>really generates heat. Anyone know of a way to reduce it, like a substitute >>fan? >> >>Will > > >Takes about 3.5 seconds on my quad to find Nxf7. > >:) OK, OK, so you have faster hardware. Big deal. At least I have a faster car. ;) Will
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