Author: David Mitchell
Date: 22:47:02 06/14/04
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On June 14, 2004 at 21:25:48, Aaron Gordon 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 > >Current Xeon chips are P4's with more L2 cache and multiprocessor support. Their >performance in chess programs are identical to Pentium 4 chips. The older Xeon >with the P3 core is identical to the Pentium 3 in chess speed, etc. Respectfully disagree, Aaron. A processor with identical chip, but a larger L2 cache, should definitely be a faster CPU for most chess programs, given the same clock speed, etc.. Anytime you can limit time consuming fetches from main memory, you're speeding things up. Thanks for the info on the CPU cores, however. Dave
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