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Subject: Re: Fast HW

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 10:35:16 12/15/01

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On December 15, 2001 at 12:20:32, Will Singleton wrote:

>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.
>;)

I'm quite sure Crafty will find it on your hardware almost as fast.

Tony

>
>Will



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