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Subject: Re: Is there a better deal than this for an AMD XP 2000 + at this price ?!

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 09:31:20 05/18/02

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On May 18, 2002 at 10:18:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On May 18, 2002 at 08:41:50, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On May 18, 2002 at 08:15:27, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On May 17, 2002 at 21:32:45, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>sure you can compare it for computerchess.
>>>
>>>the XP2100 is faster than the XP2000!
>>
>>Yes I understand that for Chess the speed of the processor count for 98%, but
>>you don't get the performance of a Ferrari Testarosa by simply buying a Ferrari
>>engine and mount it on your $45,000 car.
>
>cars are different from computers. for computerchess the processor is
>like 95% of the performance. Nowadays fast memory also is a 5% of the speed
>or so.

The same for a car the engine give almost 95% of the performance of a car, but
if you don't get your leather seat, automatic gadgets and good sound system, a
nice looking frame = design, then you will be disatisfied a few days later and
for the rest as long as you drive it. Therefore, if you want a good quality
equipment, one part is not equal to the total of all the parts being of good
quality.

>Video speed doesn't count simply. Even the most idiotic $25 card is
>fast enough.

Again it is NOT just Speed that matter, but quality of the peripherals

>
>Sound chip doesn't count.
>
>and so on. in short the only interesting thing is the speed of the
>processor, only followed at a huge distance by memory speed.
>
>Also your machine is a single cpu machine, so it's not even a ferrari,
>it's a nissan micra at most.
>
>A real machine is a dual K7 MP1900 or MP2000 machine!!

>Best regards,
>Vincent

Also we are NOT talking any longer of a great deal for what you are paying for,
since a dual MP2000 is out of the reach for 75% of us, and even if you can
afford it, the benefit that you are getting from a Dual MP mobo is less than 50
points from what I posted.

>
>>Pichard.
>>
>>>
>>>Note i never buy complete systems i always buy parts
>>>and put them together just hours before world champs...
>>>...each 2 years. This year i play with nearly same machine!
>>>
>>>>On May 17, 2002 at 20:42:36, Chessfun wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 17, 2002 at 20:35:48, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=V133-1062
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes.
>>>>>http://www.asseenontvpc.com/
>>>>
>>>>Sorry you can NOT compare the quality of the peripherals of that computer to the
>>>>one that I mentioned, but here is one that have low quality components similar
>>>>to the one that you posted, even cheaper.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=TSA-21-10AX



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