Author: John Roberts
Date: 07:19:16 01/15/04
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On January 12, 2004 at 09:25:42, Rajen Gupta wrote: >On January 12, 2004 at 09:21:06, martin fierz wrote: > >>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 > >the AMD 3000+(2 ghz) will be very near to the 3200+ >cpu speed is more important than the extra cache >(i doubt that you will get more than a 2-3% difference between the 2 Let's assume this is correct. My apologies if I am wrong, but for $80, shouldn't the following be taken into account, since overheating is not a factor: how long does it take for you to earn $80, or what would you spend that extra $80 that would give you the time saved in performance over a couple of years, etc.? I know that's an oversimplification, but is it on the right path?
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