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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