Author: Slater Wold
Date: 04:36:53 07/19/02
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On July 19, 2002 at 05:17:03, David Dory wrote: >On July 19, 2002 at 04:03:10, David Dory wrote: > >>On July 19, 2002 at 03:28:03, Terry Ripple wrote: >> >>>Thinking of building my next pc in the very near future, but i want to build one >>>for the best bang for your dollar and it's use will mainly be for chess >>>analysis! I thought that i could get some opinions which will guide me in the >>>right directions toward this goal. Due to job related i haven't been able to >>>keep up on the best benchmarks etc. >>> >>>Thanks in advance for your suggestions! >>> >>>Best Regards, >>> Terry >> > > >Terry - This is the post I was referring to, sort of got buried so I thought I'd >bring it on up here: > >(Aaron's recommendations are at the end of the post) > > >On July 18, 2002 at 08:38:16, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>I have been offered a P4-2.53 with 533 bus. Are there any tests showing how this >>processor does in chess compared with the AMD? >> >>Any information will be welcome. >> >>Thanks, Enrique > >AthlonXP 2200+ (1.8GHz) (and even the 2100+ @ 1.73ghz) is faster than the >P4-2.53GHz in chess. Right now the best bet is to get an Epox 8K3A, AthlonXP >2200+ (1.8GHz, 0.13 micron), Thermalright SLK-800 (best heatsink/fan), and the >fastest Corsair ram available. You'd be able to run 2GHz air-cooled at 200fsb >(400DDR) without problems. > >The 2100+ & 2200+ (both stock) can beat the P4-2.53 in basically everything if >you optimize everything properly in the bios (ram timings, AGP, etc). As I said >in previous posts.. places like Tomshardware & anandtech.com do NOT optimize >them at all. Tomshardwares' overclocked AthlonXP 1.9GHz was slower than my >properly setup 1900+ at 1.6GHz. Overclocked to 1.86Ghz @ 155fsb(310DDR) blew the >doors off everything they tested. Why? Like I said.. They don't optimize >the Athlon systems. It's not hard, only takes a few seconds. If you think my box >is fast.. thats nothing. People are running 2GHz (2200+'s) with AthlonXP's now, >200fsb(400DDR) (and I'm only at 155fsb(310DDR)). They have the KT333 chipset, I >have the KT266a, etc. My box still beats the P4-2.53. > >Now, lets bring price into this. My box is faster than the P4-2.53. Epox 8K3A + >2200+ beats it even more.. at 2GHz w/ air it beats the 'hell' out of it. With >that in mind... > >AthlonXP 2200+ = $211 >Epox 8K3A = $68 >Thermalright SLK-800 = $50 >512mb Corsair PC3200 = $179 >Total: $508 > >Pentium4 2.53GHz = $597 >Abit TH7 board = $104 >Thermalright Ax-478 = $28 >512mb PC1066 RDRAM = $379 >Total: $1108 I am still amazed that this price hasn't come down. I bought my 2.53Gz CPU for $612, a few months ago. Surely Intel isn't selling *that* many. >Pay over twice the ammount for a system slower than the AthlonXP. Not a wise >decision. >If anyone wants to see FritzMarks of a 2.1Ghz AthlonXP take a look at.. >ftp://speedycpu.dyndns.org/pub/chess/xp-fritz7.jpg & >ftp://speedycpu.dyndns.org/pub/chess/xp-fritzold.jpg >These screenshots were from my 1900+ (1.6GHz) at 2.1GHz via flourinert and dry >ice. > >Remember, AthlonXP 2200+'s can do this with AIR cooling. >The Epox 8K3A doesn't need to have the vcore voltage modified via soldering >a resistor to Vfb on the voltage regulator.. They've already allowed up to 2.2v >w/o needing to modify the board. By far the best/fastest board to get. Now, if I >only had $508.. :) > > > >Enjoy! >David
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