Author: K. Burcham
Date: 22:48:54 01/20/02
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On January 21, 2002 at 00:22:21, Terry McCracken wrote: >On January 20, 2002 at 23:51:11, K. Burcham wrote: > >>On January 20, 2002 at 22:02:10, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>Can anyone explain how and why a P-IV at 1.7 Ghz with 512MB (PC800) RDRAM >>>outperformed an Athlon running at 1.4 Ghz with 266Mgh DDR Bus and 256MB of SDRAM >>>on a Fritzmark by a wide margin? >>> >>>The Fritzmark for the Pentium was 749 and the AMD a mere 548! Why? This is >>>contrary to the findings of this forum. That is a difference of 201, that is >>>large! >>> >>>An explantion would be appreciated, thanks! >>> >>>Terry hmmm. why are you trying to convince anyone here of amd vs intel. it seems you are not aware of this group of people here. here is a list of some of the type of people here. 1. chip-heads 2. code-heads 3. chess-fans 4. position-testing-addicts 5. trollers 6. troublemakers 7. grandmasters 8. international masters 9. masters 10. chess teachers 11. programmers 12. chess addicts in general 13. etc etc etc which one are you Terry? i am a combination of number one 1,3,4,12. so it seems you want to be a number one. ok i will help you get started. here is a list of some of the top pc hotrod sites. go to each of these every day and get updated on the new releases. read and retain all the benchtest info. look and study all graphs, especially the graphs on level one and level two cache-fill, cpu, and floating point. but you must read these and more everyday, to be a serious chiphead. these are just a few, there are hundreds more. have fun getting caught up with whatcpu is on top. http://www.aceshardware.com/ http://www.amdzone.com/ http://www.chickshardware.com/ http://www.fast-mhz.com/ http://www.gamepc.com/ http://www.hardocp.com/ http://www.hothardware.com/ http://www.overclockers.com/ http://www.sharkyextreme.com/ http://www.tomshardware.com/ http://www.anandtech.com/ http://www.athlonoc.com/ http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/ http://www.socketa.com/ http://www.overclockersonline.com/ http://www.overclockershideout.com/ http://www.octools.com/index.cgi?caller=news.html http://www.ocmod.com/code/showdoc.php?p=home http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=asus760mpx&page=5&mscssid=&tp= >> >> >>this is not what i have tested. and i have tested several. >>set up the same chess position for each program. set the hash about >>the same for each program. after you test these two that you talk about, >>then come back with the post. >>my experience with the fritzmark test, the 1500mhz P4 was about the same in kns >>as the 1050mhz amd. the 1700mhz P4 is about the same kns as a 1200mhz amd. >>kburcham > >Well one, these are _not_ my computers so I can't do other tests myself. >Two I'm strictly speaking about the Fritzmark, and it clearly showed >superior perfomance! >So no way is a P-4 at 1.7Ghz as slow as an Athlon at 1.2Ghz as it blew the doors >off the 1.4Ghz Athlon. > > >This is a FACT and I have no idea how there can be such large discrepancies! > >Maybe the P-4's you tested were not supported with the best ram and >motherboards? > >This may be the crux of the problem, not using (PC800) RDRAM and a very high >performance motherboard? > >The P-4 computer was manufactured by DELL with only the very best components. > >Terry
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