Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 12:25:18 12/23/01
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On December 23, 2001 at 12:20:02, Brian Katz wrote: >I understand that the Athlon 1900+ seems to be better for Chess Programs than >the Pent 4 2.0 gig, and that the Athlon is outperforming the Pent, but I have >also heard that in some cases, certain chessbase features do not work properly >with the Athlons. >I have also heard that the chessbase programs are written with instructions >exactly with the Pentiums in mind and not the Athlons. In some cases there were >functions that did not work properly with the Athlon, but when the Pentiem >processor was taken out and an Athlon was put in it's place, the Chessbase >feature which was having trouble worked just fine. >Any information on this will be greatly appreciated. You say "I have also heard..." - can you say where you heard this? It seems pretty nonsensical on the face of it. The thing about taking out an Athlon and putting in a Pentium is meaningless, unless the motherboard was changed as well. Andrew
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