Author: Mike S.
Date: 19:14:55 06/12/03
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On June 12, 2003 at 21:54:30, Milton Zucker wrote: >1. The new Intel 875P chipset combined with the 3GHz Pentium 4 processor with >an 800MHz frontside bus; > >or > >2. The faster 3.06GHz Pentium 4 with a slower frontside bus of 533MHz. In practise, it has turned out that speed differences of the FSB have a very small effect on a chess program's speed only. I'd recommend either the computer which is less expensive, or the one with the new chipset, if you consider to upgrade the CPU in the future (if that makes sense; I don't know the details of that chipset and the plannings for it). But if there are any doubts that the new chipset, it's drivers and it's compatibility with other components are not 100% bug-free yet, go for the older one. (3.00 or 3.06 GHz is completely unimportant of course.) My experience is btw., it's a waste of time for computerchess enthusiasts to to spend much time studying all those CPU specifications, internals of the chip etc.etc., because in the moment you'll switch the computer on, it will be outdated anyway. Within one week, you'll meet somebody who's computer is faster for whatever reason... So, stability and a good value/price ratio is much more important. Also, the RAM size is a big perfromance factor in computerchess nowadays, more than in the past. Regards, M.Scheidl
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