Author: Charles Worthington
Date: 11:03:50 02/20/03
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Are you referring to the fritz server quotes? Actually my figures were not quoted as a comparison of AMD and Intel. I am sure that the 2600 is close to being the equal of the P4 3.06. The figures posted there were actually to compare the outrageous benchmarks I have seen posted here to the actual benchmarks that are being posted in the field...Many of the people posting these benchmarks play on the fritz server and I have seen their machines run personally. All I am saying is....it just ain't so. They are not getting near that speed. I have 120,000 playchess games in my db with the avg. kNs per game of each machine posted in the analysis. Thats about the largest db of anyone there and you wont find a posting over 2400 kNs in that whole db. The purpose of this formus is so that we can all learn what configurations perform well and which ones don't so we can improve our own performance. It is hard to achieve that goal if inflated figures are being posted. Many people like myself who are not computer experts come here for advice on configurations. It is quite confusing when you start seeing vastly diverse figures on what is supposedly the same cpu. Yes, I think it is obvious that I prefer Intel systems myself. But....I also like the AMD systems and am looking to purchase a 2600MP myself. I think the 2300 kNs that i have seen posted from the 2400MP is outstanding performance and in line with what I would expect from 2.6 to 2.8 Xeons. My only question in regard to AMD products is I think not unreasonable: Are they of equal quality to Intel's products? In a society where "you get what you pay for" price is the way most people tend to judge quality. Since I am no expert on processor design I look to the next thing: what does it cost? Now once I have the 2600MP in hand I may fall in love with the system...who knows? I don't have a bias against AMD...I am just ignorant of their products. I have never owned one nor operated one. i have stuck with intel because that is what I have always owned (like many people). I am willing to give the AMD a spin and see how she performs. Eventually I plan to purchase a quad system. I am still testing the waters with the duals though to see which platform to go with. Cost aside I will always go with whichever one performs best. If AMD comes out with a quad that will dust the Xeons then I will bye it and hapilly save myself some money in the process. But...Every independant study I have seen recently has ranked the 2.8 Xeon ahead of the 2400MP in most areas. That is the bottom line to date. That is why I purchased Intel. Perhaps one day that will change...but not today Charles
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