Author: Derek Winter
Date: 10:40:51 11/19/04
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Mark,
Thanks for the great post. Two questions for you and all the experts.
I have stuck with Dell machines so far. You have all convinced me to go for a
64-AMD processor to make the chess engines of the future happy.
But Dell does not have AMD, so which brand(s) of machine should I be lookng
at for an AMD 64-bit processor?
Also, will playing engines of the present or future be able to benefit from
more than 2 gig. RAM. (I cannot get Fritz 8 to use more than 1024 MB of RAM.)
Thanks, Derek
On November 19, 2004 at 13:06:54, Mark R. Anderson wrote:
>I agree with Torstein ... imho the processor speed is more of an issue with the
>chess playing programs we know and love, and not chessbase itself, so getting a
>fast and good quality hard drive is more to the point for Chessbase. Unless you
>routinely access and search HUGE databases and need the maximum speed (why??)
>then any of the modern processors you named will do fine by Chessbase. One
>recommendation that I have is that nobody these days should buy a new machine
>without at least one gigabyte of RAM ... I don't think 512 meg really cuts it
>these days and certainly won't for the next 4 or 5 years. I paid a little extra
>and got the newer 533-mhz memory instead of the 400-mhz, and am happy with it.
>I kind of wish I had gotten 2 gigs of RAM though instead of one gig, but that's
>an upgrade for later.
>
>I think you can't go wrong with an AMD processor, especially the 64-bit. Not
>only will Chessbase work great, but also your playing programs will be *fast*.
>Also, I personally don't like systems with "shared" video memory and much prefer
>a separate video card. Unless you will be using your system for high-end 3-D
>gaming, then a very modest and cheap video card will work just fine for you ...
>don't waste your money on a high-end card. (I got a medium-quality 128 meg card
>myself and it's great.)
>
>By
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>>>Mark.
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