Author: Derek Paquette
Date: 18:57:12 05/17/04
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On May 17, 2004 at 18:49:18, Russell Reagan wrote: >On May 17, 2004 at 18:18:40, Derek Paquette wrote: > >>you could buy the ENTIRE system for 1200 dollars, (the over clocked system) >>And it will tear everyone a new one, infact its just as fast as dual opetron >>248's, >> >>Infact the over clocked 2.56's are actually athlon 2800's, you could go higher >>using athlon 3200's , over clocking them aswell, you could push the kn/sec into >>3000+ and it would still be cheaper than just the dual opetron chips! > >Your reasoning only works because you are using Fritz in your example, and we >don't have a 64-bit version of Fritz yet. Replace Fritz with Crafty in your >example, and you'll see what I mean. When you factor in cost, the 32-bit chips >may still be the best choice, but saying they will be equal in speed to the >64-bit system is not entirely accurate based upon your example using Fritz. That is quite true, but the chips are so expensive you will save over a thousand dollars on chips alone, you could get a quad box (all over clocked modified chips) for the same price.
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