Author: Chris Kantack
Date: 20:41:40 04/26/02
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On April 26, 2002 at 21:27:00, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >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. I agree with Timothy. Plus consider this: A Pentium 4 is much safer than an Athlon! If your CPU fan fails on a P4, the P4 will automatically slow down to a safe operating temperature. An Athlon CPU on the other hand will just fry its brains out. Possibly starting the motherboard on fire. Check out: http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010917/index.html for more info. Chris Kantack http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/home.htm
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