Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:16:49 01/30/03
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On January 30, 2003 at 13:28:42, Christopher A. Morgan wrote: >Question re dual processor differences. > >Tiger Direct offers a dual AMD MP 2200+ for $1,650, and a dual Intel Xeon 2.4 >for $3,000. Both without an operating system. > >What difference in performance would I expect between these two machines? The >AMD dual at roughly ½ the price seems to be the much better buy, although the >Xeon should have HT, I believe? > >For a Windows operating system which is better (I am a single user, no network >use, no server use), Win XP Pro or Win 2000 Pro? > >Thanks! Someone had a dual 2800+ on today while we were watching the Kasparov match. They were getting about 2.1M nps in a position where my dual 2.8 xeon was getting 2.35M nps. IE for Crafty, the xeon seemed to be 10% faster. Whether that is true for other chess programs is unknown, and whether it is true for all AMD dual 2800+ machines is also unknown. I saw this NPS comparison for two three identical positions, so the data is a bit limited as well, but it is data.
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