Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 02:49:10 02/20/03
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On February 20, 2003 at 03:51:29, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On February 20, 2003 at 03:06:01, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >[snip] > >>>Against the PS 2 you don't need to have a Personal computer faster than 500 >>>MHz, since the PS2 CPU speed is 295 MHz. >> >>PS: I meant to say that if the time allowed is equal for both then a P2 500 MHz >>or an AMD K6 500 MHz should be sufficient against Chessmaster for the PS2. > >As always, MHz is not everything. A 500MHz PC will simply _kill_ a PS2-chess >engine. Also, keep in mind, that when you run PS1-software on it, the PS2 will >perform like the PS1 in this respect. > >Sargon There are other factors to consider besides the CPU speed which is listed as 300 MHz, but actually performs like a 295 MHz. Here take a look at the other peripherals and compare it against an old K6-500 MHz; you wll notice that some of its other features are compare to a super fast computer. http://shop.store.yahoo.com/shoptronics/sonplayps2sy.html CPU: XBox: 733 MHz PS2: 294.912 MHz Graphics Processor: XBox: 233 MHz custom-designed chip, developed by Microsoft and nVidia PS2: 147.456MHz chip Total Memory: XBox: 64MB PS2: 32MB Memory Bandwidth: XBox: 6.4GB/sec PS2: 3.2 GB/sec Pichard
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