Author: Gerd Isenberg
Date: 08:04:31 05/18/04
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On May 18, 2004 at 10:46:59, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 18, 2004 at 10:42:49, Gerd Isenberg wrote: > >>On May 17, 2004 at 16:52:44, Drexel,Michael wrote: >> >>>On May 17, 2004 at 15:59:31, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >>> >>>>On May 17, 2004 at 15:36:50, Drexel,Michael wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 17, 2004 at 13:16:54, Gerd Isenberg 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 >>>>>> >>>>>>Hi Uri, >>>>>> >>>>>>what about the ACER Aspire 1500 Notebook series with Athlon 64 3000+ CPU? >>>>>>E.g. the Aspire 1501LCe 2*256MB, 40GB HD about 1250€ here. >>>>>> >>>>>>Cheers, >>>>>>Gerd >>>>> >>>>>His best choice is probably an Athlon 64 3400+ Desktop at the moment. >>>>>Inexpensive and fast. >>>> >>>>Yes if transport is no issue. >>>> >>>>> >>>>>Acers Notebook @ 1.8 Ghz is (of course) considerably slower. >>>>>Notebooks are also slightly underclocked. >>>>>You can't change a thing in their BIOS. >>>>>The Toshiba HD in the Aspire is probably 4200 rpm. >>>>> >>>>>Michael >>>> >>>>I consider a laptop for travel purposes, e.g. Israel, Dutch Open etc. >>>>Is 3000+ real 1.8 GHz only? HD doesn't matter much for me. >>>> >>>>Gerd >>> >>>The mobile A64 3000+ is 1,8 Ghz with 1 Mb L2 cache. >>>The desktop A64 3000+ is 2 Ghz with 512k L2 cache. >> >>Thanks, >> >>So according to AMD's performance numbers doubling the L2 cache compensates 10% >>lower speed - interesting. I find AMD's Athlon 64 product scheme a bit >>confusing: >> >>http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9484,00.html >> >>AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor >>AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor for Desktops >>Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor >>AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor for Desktop Replacement Notebooks >> >>So i guess the Acer Notebook with AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor has >> >>AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor for Desktop Replacement Notebooks >>but not >>Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor >> >>Tomorrow i will try that Notebook with my 32-bit IsiChess. >> >>Cheers, >>Gerd > >32-bit Isichess? > >I understood that IsiChess is a bitboard program. Yes. Compiled with MSC6 for x86-32. >Maybe you mean that you use 32 bit compiler but I do not think that it is >justified to call isichess 32-bit. Ok, it is partly 64-bit due to MMX. But otherwise i would say it is a pure 32-bit executable, despite using 64-bit words. Gerd > >Uri >> >>> >>>Michael
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