Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 13:46:54 09/04/03
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On September 04, 2003 at 14:07:22, Roy Eassa wrote: >On September 04, 2003 at 05:41:10, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On September 04, 2003 at 02:00:34, P. Massie wrote: >> >>>I re-ran the benchmarks on a Centrino 1.5 ghz machine. The software was Fritz >>>8, version 8.0.0.23, with 64 MB of hash. I got a result of 1135 for the >>>Fritzmark and 1025 kn/s. >>> >>>Paul >> >>With Fritz 8.0.0.23 and 64MB hash, on a P4-3.06 I get 1238 Fritzmark and 1120 >>KNS. It seems that the Centrino 1.7 is slightly faster than the P4-3.06 for >>chess. >> >>Enrique > > >What makes the Centrino so much faster at a relatively low GHz, even than the >Athlon or P3? > >Can one buy a desktop system using a Centrino instead of a P4? 1) I think the reason of centrino's speed is the architecture of the processor, this one used an improved earth of the Pentium III (and II). 2) I think there's no official plan to produce such machine. Personally, I hope it will be possible to buy a cpu wich I can use without fan (less noise) !! :)
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