Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 13:50:15 12/18/04
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On December 17, 2004 at 19:13:32, Andrei P wrote: >while it is true that P 4 is not a competitor to athlon when it comes to chess, >there are other things that some people may find important. a couple points: >1. for most people there is not much difference whether 1 million positions per >second analyzed or 1.5 millions. >2. athlon processors can be noisy. I have dual xp 1800 at work and when I switch >it off I realize that I have been working next to an airplane turbine. > > This is no longer true for AMD Athlon 64 procs and P4 are definitely hotter and require louder cooling than recent Athlon XPs and Athlon 64. Two years ago there were some Athlon XP on the market which required very good cooling but that is solved on AMDs site (today Intel has the cooling problem). regards Joachim >On December 17, 2004 at 18:41:31, Eran Karu wrote: > >>I plan to purchase a new desktop computer in the near future. >> >>My goal for a new computer is: playing or analyzing correspondence chess games, >>surf on the Internet and watch DVD movies. >> >>Deciding to buy a good computer is no easy task, and I do not know which one is >>best for me. >> >>Please kindly answer the following questions below if you can. >> >>1. Which processor is better for me and why? >> >>A. Pentium 4 3.X Ghz or >> >>B. AMD Athlon XP 3000. >> >>2. Which is more stable and reliable, Pentium or AMD? >> >>3. Is AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor even better than above? >> >>4. Is Hyper-Threading Technology helpful for playing or analyzing chess games? >> >>5. Which is better, CRT monitor or LCD monitor, and why? >> >>Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. >> >>Thanks, >>Eran Karu
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