Author: Rajen Gupta
Date: 14:07:24 12/24/01
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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, absolutely: the athlon 1.33 = pentium 4; 2.0 ghz >but I have also heard that in some cases, certain chessbase features do not work properly with the Athlons. i haven't heard any one compain of that. most knowledgeable users in this forum who have recently upgraded , have upgraded to the athlon and i dont think there have been any problems with the processor. any problems reported have been software related equally applicable for p4 systems >I have also heard that the chessbase programs are written with instructions >exactly with the Pentiums in mind and not the Athlons. that was true as far as the earlier versions of the chessbase programmes are concerned-and it related specifically to pentium classic and pentium mmx vs amd k6-2. at the same time rebel programmes in fact favour amd over intel! >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. that comment is pure fabrication and well nigh impossible. whoever told you that is fibbing. the amd processor cannot merely be replaced by a pentium4. the motherboard and most often the ram has also to be replaced. >Any information on this will be greatly appreciated. i hope this clarifies your doubts rajen
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