Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 09:37:00 05/18/02
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On May 18, 2002 at 12:31:20, Jorge Pichard wrote: >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. > PS: Now show me the deal in a mobo AMD XP 2000+ is it really affordable? http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q1/0203131/index.html >>>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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