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

Author: Rex

Date: 11:29:10 06/24/03

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By AMD and just forget it...



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.
>
>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.



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