Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 08:41:04 05/18/04
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On May 18, 2004 at 11:33:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 18, 2004 at 09:14:35, Uri Blass 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... >> >>I do not understand one thing >> >>FX is athlon or opteron >> >>people tell me that FX is athlon and tell me to look at the site of AMD and I >>find the words FX with athlon processors. >> >>see http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118,00.html >> >>Uri > > >Naming confusion. AMD64 is both athlon and opteron. Athlon calls this the FX51 >or the FX53. Both are 64 bit opteron cores. Neither can be MP (dual processor >or beyond). > >so when you see "athlon-64" you know it is an opteron core... but limited. Very confusing. IIRC both "Athlon 64 3200+" and "Opteron 146" run at 2.0GHz, and cannot be MP. Which makes the comparison even more confusing...
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