Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 02:55:34 01/21/02
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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 >> >> >>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! The AMD is not tweaked correctly, I get a fritzmark of 685 on my old thunderbird 1060 MHz, don't tell me a 1.4 GHz is slower! ;) Did he perhaps have a virusscanner or something running in the background? >Maybe the P-4's you tested were not supported with the best ram and >motherboards? The P4 has a more realistic result, it's the AMD you should be taking another look at. -S. >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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