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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