Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 08:14:04 10/26/02
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On October 26, 2002 at 04:51:34, Jorge Pichard wrote: >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 2600+ and an Intel P4 >2.8 Ghz is NOT noticeable the price difference is higher than $400.00. PS: Sorry, but the AMD 2800+ are not available yet, only the AMD 2600+ which are still as fast as the P4 2.8 Ghz and cheaper by at least $350.00 Pichard.
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