Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:56:21 11/29/02
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On November 29, 2002 at 17:27:30, David Rasmussen wrote: >On November 29, 2002 at 11:20:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >> >>You might have a better chipset or motherboard. I don't know. I do know that >>everyone that has tested (perhaps except yourself) dual AMDs have reported >>disappointing results, which makes me believe there is a memory bottleneck. >> > >This is simply not true, if you're talking in general. If you have read what I have written on this subject, it has _always_ been in the context of running Crafty. Nothing more. nothing less. And running crafty, AMD has problems in their dual configurations. Eugene and others have posted numbers showing this clearly... > The general word on >usenet about dual P4s vs. dual Athlons is that besides being cheaper, they're >also better. Many people who use it "seriously" as in heavy 3D work, rendering, >photoshop etc. report in favor of AMD. P4's might be better for Crafty, I don't >know. It would only be natural, since you have tested and developed it >extensively on P4s and not on Athlons. But P4s are certainly not better in >general. > >/David
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