Author: Ernest Bonnem
Date: 12:27:44 10/07/04
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On October 07, 2004 at 10:11:36, Tony Werten wrote: >On October 06, 2004 at 17:27:12, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>Fritz is running on a notebook (Centrino 1.7 GHz) that is on the stage in Bilbao >> >>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1942 > >Most likely, it's the new centrino ie the Pentium M Banias wich, as already >reported here, is a very strong chessprocessor. > >Uncomparable with the old Centrino's. > >For my program, a Pentium M Banias 1.4 Ghz, was comparable to a P4 3.4 Ghz and >an Athlon 3000+ > >Tony I think you are getting mixed up with the names : The old Centrino is with Pentium M Banias (1.7 GHz maximum) The new Centrino is with Pentium M Dothan (2.0 GHz maximum, so far) In the Fritz8 ChessMark test, see http://www.beepworld.de/members39/computerschach2/chessmarks.htm the 1.8 GHz Dothan scores like the 2 GHz Athlon 64 : at 1194 Kn/s, but the 1.7 Banias is not very far. The 1.4 GHz Banias (old Centrino) would score less than a 2GHz Athlon XP. Of course your program is different from Fritz8, but your statement would mean that a (new) Pentium M 2.0 GHz would be comparable to an Athlon 3 GHz or a P4 4.5 GHz !
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