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Subject: Re: build a dual Xeon with photos!

Author: Aaron Gordon

Date: 07:54:24 06/23/03

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On June 23, 2003 at 09:07:34, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On June 23, 2003 at 07:44:42, Sally Weltrop wrote:
>
>>On June 22, 2003 at 20:15:10, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>On June 22, 2003 at 17:32:51, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nice way of spreading the DIY spirit in chess. But one can only wonder what
>>>>made him go Xeon. The reasons would be interesting to know.
>>>>
>>>>MvH Dan Andersson
>>>
>>>Why does Amir and Shay? Why does Bob.....etc....maybe there is something
>>>better..over say a few hundred nodes per sec?
>>>
>>>Better parts? Better support? Got to be something?;-)
>>
>>maybe it's just emotion. What are comparisions for Dual Athlon & Intel in chess.
>>I am seriously thinking about getting a dual setup. Intel costs a lot more is
>>the first thing I noticed.
>>>
>>>Terry
>
>
>No...believe it or not you get what you pay for, as a rule.
>
>I would trust Intel over AMD, albiet you'll get maybe a bit more speed for the
>top duel Athlon, it will make little or no practical difference how well an
>engine will play.
>
>It may make no difference at all. I've seen an engine play the same moves with a
>50% speed up....so what will 10% do? Probably nothing.

Get what you pay for? More like if you buy Intel, you DON'T get what you pay
for. If you check AMD/Intel history, Intel has had more cpu bugs, problems,
recalls and etc. over AMD by far. That is a fact, I'm sure many of the
progammers here know this.

Just because something is more expensive doesn't mean it's better.



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