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Subject: Re: Athlon vs Pentium????

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 18:27:00 04/26/02

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Ernie,

Even if the processor is twice as fast it will only result in a 50 to 75 point
ELO increase.  This is not always true.  Get the fastest and least expensive
computer but don't skimp on the quality of the motherboard or the memory.

If you are not even an expert at chess it won't matter unless you want to use
your machine to solve problems.  Hell, I can't beat MChess 8.0 on my PII 333Mhz.

Tim


On April 26, 2002 at 19:02:58, ERNIE COLLADO wrote:

>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I have a question: is it true that the latest AMD Athlon chip is that much
>faster than the latest Pentium 4 for chess programs?? Could you give me some
>practical examples. Like how much stronger would Fritz 7 play or how much faster
>can you retrieve information from a chess database? Any other non-technical
>information would be greatly appreciated.   Thank you for your help.



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