Author: Slater Wold
Date: 19:17:42 05/06/02
Ok, so it's time to put this old horse out to pasture......... First and foremost, let me state that I _do_ believe that AMD is the current "king" of CPUs. They offer great performance, at a reasonable price. However, there seems to be this delusional thinking, that anyone who buys a P4 is a complete moron, and should be immediatly flamed for thinking it's a half decent CPU. Therefore.......... I am going to BUY a BRAND SPANKIN' NEW, P4 2.53Ghz machine. I currently own a dual AMD 1.73Ghz machine. Benchmarks against my machine are not a problem. I encourage ANYONE out there who would like to challenge this machine, to try. HOWEVER: 1.) Chess is NOT the only program that runs on the computers of the world. If we're going to compare apps, let's compare apps. Benchmarks, test suites, whatever. I will test whatever engine you'd like, but that's NOT going to be the basis of the challenge. 2.) Don't try to compare some Dr. Jeykl computer to a computer running stock speeds. If you want to compare IT MUST BE AIR COOLED. (Yea, this is for YOU Aaron!) 3.) I GUARANTEE, the new P4 will beat anything out there, in overall performance. If you think this is the part where I say, "..anyone who can beat it, wins it.." you're nuts. Maybe some other time. I will however, buy whoever can prove to me that they have a CPU that is BETTER overall than this 2.53Ghz, a copy of your favorite chess program (that would be, THE FIRST PERSON). ;) We are not comparing price, clock speed, this, that, or the other thing. We're comparing ONE thing. Performance. Good luck. :)
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