Author: Yen Art Tham
Date: 06:32:40 12/01/02
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On November 30, 2002 at 23:40:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 30, 2002 at 20:41:28, Yen Art Tham wrote: > >>On November 29, 2002 at 22:56:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>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... >> >> >>Could this be the other way around (ie crafty has problems running on dual AMD) >>Others have posted here that DF7 gets 1.8x on dual AMD. >> > >And some have reported no speedup for DF as well, but I don't worry since I >don't have anything to do with that program. But as far as "does crafty have >trouble with AMD?" or "does AMD have trouble with Crafty?" the two questions >are identical... I said DF7 not DF. They are two different engines. The question may sound identical but the conclusion is faulty. A lot of posters here have been using the 1.4x number to suggest that AMD duals are inferior to Intel's, which is pure baloney. > > >> >>> >>> >>> >>>> 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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