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Subject: Re: Available April??

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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