Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 11:09:37 10/21/02
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On October 21, 2002 at 10:44:38, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On October 21, 2002 at 02:49:41, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>It could be as strong as the faster AMD Dual MP for Chess, or at least is >>catching up with the AMD Dual MP. http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/SUPERServer/SuperServer6022P-8R.htm http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2002/08/a270802athlonmp.html >It is very fast of course, but if you wait 1 day, there usual is >a new chip out from a competing manufacturer again a bit faster than >that. > >It really depends upon program what is faster. > >I have measured big differences on the new P4s for different software. > >For example Warp was very fast on it, Insomniac i could not test because >it never prints out the time correctly, DIEP was pretty fast on it too. > >On the new p4's when run single cpu the difference is a factor 1.5 versus >K7; so 2Ghz K7 is equal to a 3Ghz P4 > >In short the question for 2.8Ghz P4 would be whether there is a 1.867Ghz >K7 available. If there is a 1.9Ghz K7 available, then the K7 is faster, >if there is a 1.8Ghz K7 available then the K7 is slower. It is hard to conclude that a Dual 2200+ AMD MP is faster than a Xeon 2.8 Ghz for all the chess programs? >Note that 'MP' is used for K7s. 'Xeon' is used for intel. >This Xeon 2.8Ghz dual is very fast for sure, for the MOMENT. > >For companies of course price is irrelevant, and i would then advice >this dual, for persons who have to watch the price, the dual K7s are >less than half the price of Xeons. > >Note that the 2.8Ghz P4 has been ordered here already and not yet delivered. >That's the SINGLE cpu P4. Not even talking about the dual Xeon. > >So for the moment the fastest thing i can get is a dual K7 in the shops. >Note that usually in USA you can quicker get new hardware than here. > >That's weird, knowing there is a factory in germany, just over the border >here.
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