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Subject: Re: Since the CPU is what really count for Chess !

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:26:46 03/17/03

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On March 17, 2003 at 06:43:53, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On March 16, 2003 at 21:03:07, Jason Kasick wrote:
>
>>Anyone heard of Polywell computers, namely the ones with the AMD 2500 chips?
>
>Since for Chess the CPU is what really count, here is an economical PC.
>
>http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-1018-404-20837925.html?tag=txt


the CPU is not the _only_ thing to look at.  Memory bandwidth is another.  A
machine
with a MB that supports interleaved memory will be somewhat faster, but
generally somewhat
more expensive as well.  There are other issues too, of course.



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