Author: F. Jermann
Date: 08:53:41 01/01/04
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On January 01, 2004 at 11:31:22, Peter Kasinski wrote: >On January 01, 2004 at 11:09:10, Sean Mintz wrote: > >>If it is still the Pentium M in the Centrino, and we're talking about chess >>programs here, it will beat up the Pentium 4 plain and simple. Speedwise it's >>similar to the Athlons, but we're talking expensive laptops for the Pentium M >>and you can build an Athlon based machine for as little or as much as you want. >>That part is your decision. >> >>Sean Mintz > >Thank you for your answer. I am curious about its performance (Pentium M) - the >clock frequency is lower, it appears that HT is missing, and yet it is better >for chess. Can you help me understand? Thank you. > >Regarding Athlon based - I may not have the choice in this matter. > >Thanks, >PK I think the Pentium-M is more or less an enhanced PIII architecture with larger internal cache and higher clock frequencies. (remember: PIII/1 GHz was already about 1.5 GHz P4!) As far as I know, a Pentium-M with 1,7 Ghz compares well with a P4/2.8-3 Ghz in chess (and also with other applications). Best, Frank
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