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Subject: Re: 272 CPU's monster from Compaq

Author: Joshua Lee

Date: 17:55:56 03/24/02

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On March 23, 2002 at 16:26:50, Robin Smith wrote:

>On March 23, 2002 at 11:53:34, Joshua Lee wrote:
>
>>On March 23, 2002 at 06:21:36, Torstein Hall wrote:
>>
>>>On March 23, 2002 at 00:45:36, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 23, 2002 at 00:34:37, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On March 22, 2002 at 12:26:34, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On March 22, 2002 at 11:07:36, Yar wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On March 22, 2002 at 11:06:30, Yar wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Have a look of performance of this 272 CPU's monster:
>>>>>>>>http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=101091903
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Probably chessbase should use this server against Kramnik
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Just a joke
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Have a nice weekend,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Yar
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Forgot to mention that this is odinary 900 XEON III CPU's
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Also forgot to mention it's $10M.  ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>also it is not classic SMP.
>>>>
>>>>Yup, it's a cluster.  Which suck for chess.
>>>
>>>Who cares. I take any day! :-)
>>>
>>>Torstein
>>
>>Also that it wouldn't work with NT or Win2000 so unless Chessbase uses something
>>other than Fritz or does some major re-programming.
>>
>>A 4-8cpu Pentium4 , which is available is the best at 1.6Ghz that's like sitting
>>my home computer (1Ghz Athlon Thunderbird 200Mhz 512MB, 256MB for Hash Tables)
>>up for 30minutes to equal it's 3minute tournament move. Posiibly more because i
>>don't know how all the extra Memory + Bandwidth would play a part.
>>
>>I'm impressed by the new system as it is the only thing twice as fast without
>>overclocking than my computer , unless a 2Ghz Pentium4 is twice as fast but from
>>posted Fritzmark scores that doesn't seem to be the case.
>
>A dual Athlon MP will be much more than twice the speed of your setup, at a much
>lower cost than a 4 or 8 way Pentium4.


Prove it. Last time i checked 1600 x 3.1 is alot faster than 1733 x 1.7
Four should beat two.
I have an AMD i've seen Stats and IF a quad athlon were available great but
untill then this is the system chessbase should use against kramnik

thanks



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