Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 20:23:55 12/30/03
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On December 30, 2003 at 22:14:38, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On December 30, 2003 at 18:13:35, Rick Rice wrote: > >>Some time back, there was a competition between a chess program (Fritz - same >>version) on two machines, one Intel and the other AMD. Intel narrowly won. Does >>anyone have results for the current Intel and AMD processors? >> >>Thanks, >>Rick > >From what I heard AMD actually won that. > >Today is the same as then, AMD is faster. The Athlon XP is still quite a bit >faster than a P4 for chess and the Opteron/Athlon 64/Athlon FX is MUCH faster >(32bit or 64bit). If you'd like an extremely fast chess box without paying an >arm and a leg, try the Athlon 64 3200+. If you'd like the fastest dual go for a >dual Opteron 248 setup. I am planning to upgrade my computer by getting an XP 2600+ or 2800+ Motherboard Combo from Pricewatch.com. Which is pricewatch best AMD XP 2600+ Motherboard Combo that I can get for less than $150.00. Is Asus one of their best or I can get a better one. Jorge
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