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Subject: Re: Are dual processor systems much better than singles for chess?

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 12:56:01 12/21/04

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On December 21, 2004 at 13:55:22, Marek Soszynski wrote:

>There are quite a few old and cheap dual processor PCs available on eBay and
>elsewhere. Are they worth experimenting with? Are they much better than single
>processors for chess analysis etc?

1.) Only Dual-capable engines profit from dual processors - they are usually
more expansive.
2.) You can compare a Dual-Configuration to a Single-Configuration if you
multiply the clock of one proc in the dual-configuration with 1.8 - that's
approximately what you get as speedup.

regards Joachim



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