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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