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Subject: Re: There are other factors to consider besides the CPU speed.

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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