Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 06:21:24 12/13/04
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On December 12, 2004 at 06:46:47, stuart taylor wrote: >On December 12, 2004 at 06:01:36, Ray Banks wrote: > >>On December 12, 2004 at 05:54:02, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >> >>>The most interesting chess system is since Pentium III a dual system. Much more >>>interesting to look after a dual system. Believe me, you will have much more fun >>>with your hobby. >> >>Or better still a Dual Athlon. I have 2 of them exclusively for ponder-on chess >>tournaments :-) But if you also want it for gaming, or other uses, it will be >>disappointing. The dual Athlon motherboards and chipsets are very dated - no >>SATA, firewire, USB2 etc >> >>Dual Opteron would be fantastic as would a dual Xeon set-up, but horrendously >>expensive >> >>If you want a general purpose machine (i.re. not juyt for chess) then an >>Athlon64 is the way to go in my view > >Me too, I'm hoping to get a best general purpose machine which gives the best >possible for all-round chess [esp. the top programs, and playing and analysing] >within a reasonable budget (best value for money). > Does this point to Athlon 64, one of the fastest (well, ALL of them are one of >the fastest as there are not so many different Athlon 64's, I suppose). > >If that is difficult to obtain for any reason, what would be second best? >S.Taylor Best value for money is currently an Athlon AMD 64 3000+ in 90 Nanometer (Winchester-Core) for about 160 $. You might consider to buy an 3500+ which runs at 2.2 GHz (compared to 1.8 for 3000+) for about 270 ยง. I too would recommened the Winchester-Core as it consumes less energy and runs cooler. regards Joachim
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