Author: Martin Andersen
Date: 03:26:55 03/17/02
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On March 16, 2002 at 13:59:03, Steve Maughan wrote: >Martin > >>April is realistic, but probably not a 2.1 Ghz CPU. > >Thanks for the link. So my question is - is it worth waiting for the new 0.13 >micron techology in April / May? I was planning to get a newly released AMD XP >2100 - will the new technology give significantly better performance (for >chess)? My feeling is that it probably will not and will be just proportionally >better - so now is as good a time as any. Anyone dissagree? > >Steve Certainly, it is worth waiting. The 0.13 CPU's will use less power and therefore run cooler. A XP 2100+ is extremely hot, so you need very good cooling, large fans = much noise. The new CPU will be better than the old, in terms of performance, but not much better. Martin.
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