Author: Jason Kent
Date: 13:00:51 03/15/05
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On March 15, 2005 at 12:22:13, Terry Giles wrote: >On March 14, 2005 at 19:55:12, Keith Ian Price wrote: > >>On March 14, 2005 at 19:06:40, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>Which is better for chess Amd Athlon 64 3500 939 Pin or a Dual Athlon MP2000+ >>> >>>Jorge >> >>I would say the Athlon 64 3500. It will outperform the dual on all chess >>programs except the "Deep" ones, and it will be very close on those. A dual >>2800+ does about 700kns with Shredder 8. Shredder 8 does about 500kns on my >>Athlon 64 3300+. You might get 525-550 avg on the 3500+, and maybe less than 600 >>on the dual 2000+. All the non deep programs will be far better on the 3500+, >>and you will be 64-bit ready for the future. >> >>kp > >Hi Guys, > >What about the AMD Athlon 64 FX 55 Processor? >Would this be good for chess? > >Terry Yes. That would outperform anything except fast duals even on deep versions of chess programs. For single processor chess programs, (i.e, chessmaster) it is top of the line, with the possible exception of the newest opteron chips.
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