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Subject: Re: Which of these combinations would be better for chess programs?

Author: Peter Stayne

Date: 19:57:09 06/12/03

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I agree, the advantage should be so small to the point that I would get the
800MHz FSB just because other programs should run faster.

gl!

On June 12, 2003 at 22:09:46, Mark Young wrote:

>On June 12, 2003 at 21:54:30, Milton Zucker wrote:
>
>>Which of these would be the better combination for chess programs?
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Milton
>
>1 will be better, but I would guess the speed advantage would be so small as to
>not make much difference in terms of elo rating.
>
>Unless you are pay out the noise for the 800Mhz Frontside bus pick #1.



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