Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:27:55 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 13:03:00, stuart taylor wrote: >I have an AMD 1.4 Ghz. The better version, and for certain reasons (to do with >living accomodations) I havn't been able to use it much since I bought it, when >it was about the best at the time. > How does this compare for chess to the best that is now available on a single >proccessor? > And how much longer (estimatingly) might I have before I will be longing for a >new proccessor, being that I always want to have nearest to the best >chessplaying standard available. >I was guessing that I should stay very happy with this until AMD reaches 4.2 >Ghz. >Thanks alot for any clarifications, for me and others! >S.Taylor Stuart, I don't have most of your answers, sorry. However, here's my situation in case it's of any value: I bought a 1.2 GHz Athlon 11 months ago. I hope to buy a new motherboard/CPU (my motherboard is an old rev and cannot accept newer Athlon XP or MP units) when the .13 micron AMD chips start shipping. I may wait a little while for the price to drop a bit, but I will buy if I can afford to. I think 2.4 GHz will then run cooler (and obviously faster) than my 1.2 does now. In the past, when contemplating upgrading my PC or my Mac, my rule of thumb has always been to upgrade when the new system is at least double the MHz and at least one generation CPU newer. I went from 486/33 (in 1991) to Pentium 133 to P2/400 to Athlon/1.2, and from 68000/16 (in 1988) to 68030/33 to 604e/180 to G3/400. (I have not upgraded to a G4.) Due to the relatively low cost of (and ease of installing, I hope!) motherboards and CPUs these days, I may not wait for the next generation CPU this time, but just jump from Athlon/1.2 to the new .13 micron AMD chips that are due very soon, keeping the same case (etc.). -Roy.
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