Author: Sietel Monic
Date: 20:09:01 08/16/03
Visit here to see benchmarks comparing alot of different Intel vs Amd http://www.alineos.com/Benchs/bench3_eng.html Ok since im going to be buying a new computer soon, hopfully, to run just chess software I have done much homework on the subject. In the process I have asked many people about there thoughts and what they have seen. Now the Ones with Intel (pentium or xeon) have all said they liked them and said its a good buy...... exactly what anyone who used Amd processors said to me! Looking at this link it seems dual xeon 3.06's would be the fastest processors out there right now, thus a supstantial more amount of Kn/s. BUT Amd offers very good processors (dual athlon mp 2.4 ghz, or I beleve otherwhise known as 3200+) which is ALOT less then Xeon when you factor motherboard + processors you could save upwords of a thousand dollars on Amd and not be to far away Kn/s whise from xeon. The main thing im looking for is an exact test of the the top 3 Intel processors vs top 3 Amd. As of right now I would go Amd, looking that all the top programs in competetive engines (fritz,shredder,ect) all seem to use Amd processors as well would suggest they beleve there the better TESTED option.
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