Author: martin fierz
Date: 06:21:06 01/12/04
i'm on the lookout for an AMD64 dropin for one of my older computers, mainboard, RAM and CPU. it's not too expensive it seems (about 900 swiss francs which is around 700$). currently i have the following choice: - 3000+: 2GHz, 512KB cache - 3200+: 2GHz, 1MB cache - 3400+: 2.2GHz, 1MB cache of course they get more expensive as the xxxx+ number goes up. does anybody have an idea what is more important for a typical chess program: having an additional 512K L2 cache, or having those extra 0.2GHz? my instinct is to go for the cheapest version, but since the 3200+ is only about 80$ more than the 3000+, i'd like to know whether it might be worth the extra money (the 80$ more are about 12% more in total price, so if the system delivers 12% more performance it would be even...) cheers martin
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