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Subject: Re: what is faster for chess, dual 2.8 Ghz xeon or dual athlon mp 2.800+?

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 03:18:08 06/29/03

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On June 29, 2003 at 05:56:38, emerson tan wrote:

>what is faster for chess, dual 2.8 Ghz xeon or dual athlon mp 2.800+?
>
>John nunn chose xeon when he upgraded his computer, I thought amd is usually
>fater for chess. Does anyone have a fritzmark comparing these two systems?
>thanks

Aaron posted some results with Atholon MPs recently. He sells overclocked but
tested MP-Chips very cheap.

From all posts I know the Xeons give 70% Chessperformance compared to Athlons at
the same speed. So:

Xeon 2,8 GHz equal Athlon@1,96 Ghz

An MP2800+ has 2,133 Ghz = 3,05 Ghz Xeon or P4-Performacne.

I would suggest to buy a Dual Athlon MP 2600+ since the 2600+ has the same Mhz
and only a lesser L2-Cache. For chess a L2-Cache does not matter much, so an
MP2600+ will be as fast as a MP2800+ (but cheaper).

regards Joachim



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