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Subject: Re: AMD Athlon or Pentium 4??

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 12:02:30 12/12/04

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On December 12, 2004 at 05:36:56, Brian Katz wrote:

>Is AMD still regarded to be better for Chess than Pentium.
>
>How does the AMD Athlon 64 2.4 Gig 3700+ compare to Pentium 4 fastest processor?
>
>I am presently using an AMD Athlon 2.1 Gig 2600+. Would upgrading to the 3700+
>be a major improvement, or should I wait another year?
>
>Brian


AMD is still better in both aspects of total performance and price per
performance. Look here:

http://www.beepworld.de/members39/computerschach2/chessmarks.htm

(The first entry is with Hyperthreading enabled and does not reflect the real
playing strength)

and here:

http://www.geocities.com/sedatchess/hardwere.html

(this test favors AMD more than the average engine would benefit I think)

regards Joachim



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