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Subject: Re: Pentium 3 + 4 Speeds for Chess Programs

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 10:39:55 06/24/03

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On June 24, 2003 at 13:33:23, Mike Hood wrote:

>In the article recently posted on Chessbase's site John Nunn points out that for
>applications that use a lot of integer arithmetic (like chess programs) a
>Pentium 4 is slower than a Pentium 3 at the same clock speed. This is news to
>me... can anybody please quantify this by giving in percent how much slower it
>is. Either by references to web pages or the results of your own experiments.

I have a P3 if you'd like for people to start posting benchmarks. Just tell us
what program to use and what settings, so we can all run the same test. Maybe
Crafty and Yace (bitboard and non-bitboard)?


>This could help me in my next computer purchase. My finances are limited, so one
>of my options is to choose between a fast Pentium 3 and a slow Pentium 4.

Or maybe a fast Athlon? :)



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