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Subject: Re: Would it be worth it to upgrade?

Author: Reynolds Takata

Date: 12:42:28 11/08/98

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On November 08, 1998 at 14:43:51, odell hall wrote:

>Hi
>
>
> I was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade from a cyrix 233 to a amd
>450 or 300? How many more rating points can I expect from my programs
>(rebel,Genius,Hiarcs)? I don't want to go out and spend 100 dollars for only 50
>rating points.


The answer is you should upgrade if you want to.  No top program is going to
gain 50 points by going from a P233 to a 450 at 40/2(not even chessmaster).  At
blitz however(game im 10 or less), the slower programs like Rebel and Hiarcs,
might gain about 50 but that may even be too high, but at blitz their strength
will increase to some degree.



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