Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 05:34:53 01/24/04
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On January 24, 2004 at 07:30:28, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On January 24, 2004 at 05:41:15, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>On January 23, 2004 at 18:03:48, enrico carrisco wrote: >> >>>On January 23, 2004 at 17:25:21, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >>> >>>>On January 23, 2004 at 12:02:42, Thomas Mayer wrote: >>>> >>>>Hi Thomas, >>>> >>>>>you write that nonsense all the time -> maybe you READ your forum ? >>>> >>>>http://f22.parsimony.net/forum41668/messages/24801.htm >>>> >>>>Best >>>>Frank >>>> >>> >>>Message from link above: >>> >>>"Hi Frank, >>> >>>Axon Bench has Geniss Axon XP chess engine, totaly written in machine language. >>>It is mixture of 16-bit and 32-bit instructions. So, we could say that Athlon >>>processors are more optimized for that kind of code compared with Intel >>>machines. The test proves that for computer chess AMD machines are the best >>>choise. PIV-s are simply over-optymized only for CLEAR 32-bit code. It is >>>interesting fact that huge number of chess engines (with exception of Fritz) >>>runs much better on AMD processors ! >>> >>>regards, Vladan" >>> >>>This is a little different than saying it is optimized for AMD. It's a fine >>>line perhaps. Saying Axon is optimized for AMD would be like saying all chess >>>engines are optimized for AMD because they simply run faster on those CPUs. >>> >>>-elc. >> >>Hi, >> >>this is right but ... >> >>The Axon Bench test is after my information a part from Axon chess engine. Axon >>chess engine is working on Athlon processors faster! Gandalf 4.32x versions or >>Crafty works after my information not faster on Athlon processors. A good >>example is Anaconda too. Anaconda is working on Athlon processors faster. >> >>And this is the reason for me to write (Axon as a part of a chess program which >>is faster on Athlon processors) that Athlon processors will have a better result >>as Intel processors with Axon bench test. We can start the Crafty bench and >>compare the results on Intel or Athlon and the results are completly different. >> >>Not more not less ... >> >>Best >>Frank > >Crafty still rules on Athlons too. >Here are some 18.11 results I have from back in the day: > >CPU type Nodes/sec > >AthlonXP 2.52GHz 1,578,197 >AthlonXP 2.2GHz 1,370,541 >Pentium 4 3.25GHz 1,335,397 >AthlonXP 1.86GHz 1,197,253 >Tbird 1.68GHz 1,041,610 >Pentium 4 2.47GHz 992,009 >Athlon Tbird 1.3GHz 760,299 >Pentium 4 1.7GHz 687,406 >Celeron (P3) 1GHz 575,475 >Pentium 4 1.5GHz 569,185 > >Even the old P3 cored Celeron 1GHz is faster than a P4-1.5GHz. IMO P4 is a waste >of money. Runs hotter, is slower, and to get a CPU that comes close to my $50 >chip (1.73 @ 2.5ghz) you'd need to pay $1000. THEN you'd have to overclock that >$1000 chip and it would now dump close to 200 watts. Then you get to pay $200+ >for a cooling system for it. ZZZzzz.... Hi Gorden, this is interesting for me ... In this case my information is wrong. At the moment I don't used Athlon PCs but the results from the Athlons are a lot stronger. Thanks for your information! Best Frank
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