Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:34:19 05/17/04
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On May 17, 2004 at 14:45:16, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On May 17, 2004 at 14:30:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 17, 2004 at 14:07:15, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>On May 17, 2004 at 12:35:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On May 17, 2004 at 11:35:10, Uri Blass wrote: >>>> >>>>>My question is what is the speed of the fastest computer that I can get for >>>>>movei for WCCC when the price is not more than x$ when 2000$>x$>1000$ >>>>> >>>>>I am interested both in dual and single processor options. >>>>> >>>>>I guess that I can get slower dual processor for movei for the same price but >>>>>the advantage is that I can do better testing with pondering so if the >>>>>difference in speed for movei is less than 20% then I am going to go for dual >>>>>processor. >>>>> >>>>>When I look at some links of dell I get the following information: >>>>> >>>>>link A: 2.4ghz intel Xeon 1973$ >>>>> >>>>>http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=555&oc=WS450DPAD&m_11=WXP1&c=us&l=en&s=biz >>>>> >>>>>link B:3.2Ghz intel 1157$+120$ >>>>> >>>>>http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=555&oc=D4600CPAD&m_11=WHXP&m_22=MSONO&c=us&l=en&s=biz >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I have no idea which is faster and I have no idea how to get this information. >>>>>I also know that the p4 is not good for chess and maybe AMD is the best option. >>>>> >>>>>Uri >>>> >>>>I wouldn't think twice. If my program was not SMP-capable, I'd go for a 2.4ghz >>>>opteron (FX-53). If I could afford a dual opteron, I'd go that way if >>>>possible... But you can't beat the opteron on speed for chess and speed gives >>>>you the best chance at the WCCC... >>> >>>But a dual won't be of much use for a non-SMP program. How about Athlon 64 >>>3000+/3200+/3400+? And Opteron 142/144/...? >> >> >>He specifically mentioned a dual for testing so he could run two programs at >>once, ponder=on... And having a dual will be a good reason for working on an >>SMP search. :) > >Yes, but I wonder how Athlon 64 3000+/3200+/... would fare against Opteron >142/144/... or even 240/242/... I hate to try to talk about something I have not confirmed with personal investigation and testing. But early talk was the opteron was faster, because it had a memory bus 2x as wide as the athlon 64. Whether that is true or not I have no idea. If true it would certainly make a difference...
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