Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 01:51:34 10/26/02
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On October 26, 2002 at 01:42:06, Brian Katz wrote: >On October 26, 2002 at 01:35:34, Mark Young wrote: > >>On October 26, 2002 at 01:07:08, Brian Katz wrote: >> >>>Does anyone have any strong opinions on the performance of the AMD Athlon 2400+ >>>as opposed to the 2200+ and the Pentium 4 2.8 Gig in terms of playing strength >>>of Chess engines. >>> >>>Deep-Fritz 7, Fritz 7 and Hiarcs 8 in particular. >>>Would waiting for the next upgrade (perhaps the Sledge Hammer or Hammer)be a >>>better suggestion? >>> >>>Regards >>>Brian Katz >> >>The 2.8 gig P4 is a fast chip as well as the AMD. I own a 2.8 GIG and a 2.53 GIG >>P4. I like the P4 chips best, but not having anything to do with how fast >>program x or y runs on them as compared to a AMD chip. I will tell you unless >>you buy a "deep" program and a dual chip system you will find little elo >>advantage between the companies fastest chips. The performance between the best >>chips from each company is to small in real terms. >> >>My advice... buy the latest chip from either company and enjoy it now. > >Thank you so much. Your advice is greatly appreciated. But again since the performance difference between an AMD 2400+ and an Intel P4 2.8 Ghz is NOT noticeable the price difference is higher than $400.00. Therefore, you can get an AMD 2800+ XP for the same price that you can get an Intel P4 2.53 Ghz. Pichard. Pichard.
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