Author: Mark Young
Date: 20:43:19 01/24/03
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On January 24, 2003 at 23:07:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I agree. I have owned the latest Intel and AMD chips. I will stay with Intel. Yes for raw speed in chess AMD is faster, but what does that equate in terms of elo rating for the AMD chip. The answer is very little. I have had much better luck in terms of problems with Intel chips. With AMD based computers I have always had problems of one kind or another. I know if I analyze a position over night or over a month if I choose. The Intel chip will not crash. I can not say that with confidence with the AMD chips in my experience. I don't know if the AMD chip have stability problems or this is a heating issue with the AMD chip. After awhile you get sick of it and will pay a bit more for a computer that will not crash with heavy game use.
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