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Subject: Re: Pent 4 not good for computer chess?-to Robert Hyatt

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:21:21 01/25/03

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On January 25, 2003 at 00:08:46, SedatCambaz wrote:

>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.
>
>Hello Robert,
>What is your Fritzmark with Fritz 7 or Crafty 18.11 ,with 32 mb hash on your PIV
>xeon ?
>
>
>Thanks in advance
>Sincerelly yours,
>Sedat Canbaz


If you will send me a linux executable of Fritz, I'll run it and tell you.

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