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Subject: Re: Athlon 1900+ vs Pentium 4 2.0 GIG

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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