Author: Peter Kasinski
Date: 11:20:05 01/01/04
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On January 01, 2004 at 11:53:41, F. Jermann wrote: >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 Thank you very much! PK
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