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Subject: Re: Pent 4 not good for computer chess?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:07:16 01/24/03

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On January 24, 2003 at 20:14:45, Jason Kasick wrote:

>Found this in a finger note of the best computer on FICS.
>
>Anyone that uses a P4 for chess is crazy. A celeron 1GHz beats a P4-1.5GHz
>\   at chess, AthlonXP 2000+ is equal with a P4-2.8GHz and an AthlonXP 2200+
>\   is faster than even a P4-3GHz. It would take a P4-3.9GHz to equal an
>\   AthlonXP 2400+ running at 2.5GHz.
>
>
>Any validity to this?


I tend to say "no".  PIV + rdram is not great for chess, for sure.  But the
PIV machines with ddr ram seem to be doing just fine.  I have a PIV xeon box
and I don't see it doing poorly in terms of raw speed.



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