Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:10:11 08/13/02
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On August 13, 2002 at 12:36:21, Slater Wold wrote: >On August 13, 2002 at 12:34:09, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On August 13, 2002 at 12:00:18, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>I do not know what HW will be used, but I am interested on opinions and guesses. >>> >>>I think each will need at least 8x1Ghz to have a chance. Is 8x1Ghz the most >>>likely? 4x1Ghz will be to slow, not much better (if at all) than a fast single >>>proc for chess programs. >>> >>>Opinions? What is the fastest HW out there for Intel or AMD? >>> >>>Chris >> >>There is no 8x1Ghz. The fastest 8-way you can get is an 8x900mhz. > >BTW - A Dell 8x900mhz computer, pretty much bare, will run you about $50k. Correct... And it isn't significantly faster than a quad 4x900 either. Not even 1.5X faster, and that doesn't count the fact that deep fritz doesn't seem to get particularly good speedups on multiple-cpu machines, based on the test results you have posted here in the past...
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