Author: David Mitchell
Date: 22:41:23 06/14/04
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On June 14, 2004 at 21:30:16, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >On June 14, 2004 at 21:07:03, David Mitchell wrote: > >>On June 14, 2004 at 20:43:04, Jim wrote: >> >>>In your opinion what is the best processor to have for chess programs? >>>I have noticed on the SSDF rating list that the Athlon 1200 is used >>>for the higher rated chess programs. >>>I also read at one time on this site that the Pentium processor's >>>do not perform as well with chess program's. >>>Your opinion is greatly appreciated. >>>Jim >> >>The "best" CPU for chess programs will depend on the program, but in general: >> >>1) Opteron >>2) Xeon >>3) Itanium >>4) Centrino >>5) Athlon >>6) Pentium III >>7) Pentium 4 >> >>The above assumes ** equal speed ** of the processor (which is never the case), >>and the program being optimized for that processor. Even within a single CPU, >>different versions have different sizes of cache, etc., again changing their >>capability. >> >>After AMD's strong showing with their new Opteron, you know that Intel is >>working hard on a new 64 bit processor. When it is released, the list will >>certainly change. >> >>The above is my opinion, and certainly not the result of some exhaustive tests. >> >>Dave > >1) Opteron >2) Centrino/Dothan/Pentium M >3) Xeon >4) Athlon >5) Pentium 4 >6) Pentium III >7) Itanium > >I would reorder the list like so. Itanium's perform ok, but are ridiculously >expensive. Also, P4 will always smoke P3 due to getting 4x the clockspeed :) > >anthony Did mention it was assuming equal clock speeds, however. Granted, IRL, that would probably never happen, and the P4 would be ahead of the P3. I left the Athlon64 out, but it should sneak in there just below it's Opteron cousin. Dave
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