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Subject: Re: CM6000 on a PII 350

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 04:53:25 12/13/98

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On December 13, 1998 at 07:45:23, James T. Walker wrote:

>On December 13, 1998 at 07:02:58, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>
>>
>>On December 13, 1998 at 06:53:03, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>On December 12, 1998 at 19:44:16, Mark Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 12, 1998 at 19:29:56, Robert Wilkins wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How much stronger would CM6000 play on a PII 350 compared to my P233 MMX. ALso
>>>>>is there a way I can increase its potential with any outside add-ons that might
>>>>>be available (opening books - endgame table bases - etc)
>>>>
>>>>Any P II chip will run CM6000 faster. CM6000 is a 32bit program, the P233 MMX
>>>>will not take advantage of the 32bit program. So the P II will be much faster
>>>>Mhz vs Mhz. The AMD K6-2 will also be about the same as a P II Mhz vs Mhz
>>>>running CM6000 from what I hear. To answer you question the P II 350 should be
>>>>around 2x faster then a P233 MMX running CM6000, so it may be 70 elo points or
>>>>so stronger.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
>>>Hello Mark,
>>>Can I get a second opinion on this ?  I thought even a 486 was a 32 bit machine.
>>>I know the PII has MMX technology but I so does his P233/MMX.  So the major
>>>difference as I understand is only the L1 cache is doubled on the PII which will
>>>make chess programs run a little faster.
>>>Jim Walker
>>
>>You are right Jim, but as I understand it, it is the operating system that makes
>>something 32 bit. And the program, not just the chip
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>Hello Michael,
>Yes, well that's my point.  If he is running Win98 on a Pentium 233 MMX then the
>only difference will be the L1 cache.  That will provide some improvement but
>not major.
>Jim Walker

Yes NT on an old 486 was 32 bit, I think what he is saying that true 32 bit only
comes with PII chip technology. And I have never read anywhere that CM6K was
even optimized for a PII chip. So I do not understand what he mean when an MMX
chip will not take advantage of the 32 bit programming, that is totally wrong
saying that.

Not just Win98, Win95 for that matter will run 32 bit for CM6K.




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