Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 22:38:36 06/21/05
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On June 21, 2005 at 23:11:35, Michael R wrote: >Well I just need a quick answer on which piece of hardware will perform better >for computer chess since I'm in the market for a new computer. Choices are >Intel's Dual core Pentium D 840 @ 3.2GHz for 6.4GHz OR AMD's Dual core Athlon 64 >X2 4200+ @ 2.2GHz for 4.4Ghz. There is a 2Ghz gap between the two and I'm not >sure which will perform better for chess. Don't let Intels MHz scheme fool you, the AMD chips are largely faster for chess. I believe Hyatt did some testing a while back where a 2GHz (single cpu) Opteron in 64bit mode with Crafty was faster than a dual Xeon 2.8GHz. Also for example, for Fruit v2.1 it would take a Pentium 4 running 4.2GHz to equal my "old" Athlon XP core at 2.7GHz. An Athlon 64 at 2.7GHz would equal a P4-4.8GHz (all testing done in 32 bit). Not only are AMD chips faster, the 64bit implimentation is better than Intels as well.. so if you run a 64 bit program you'll see more of an increase in performance than on a Xeon/P4. Not only will it be faster, the Athlon will run much cooler as well.
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