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Subject: Re: P4 Vs Athlon 64 bits

Author: Mathieu Pagé

Date: 07:39:18 08/15/05

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On August 15, 2005 at 10:32:51, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 15, 2005 at 10:11:22, Mathieu Pagé wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm planning to buy an AMD Athlon 64 3400+. I never own an AMD computer nor a 64
>>bits CPU.
>>
>>I'd like to know to wich Pentium IV clock this Athlon will compare regarding
>>chess programs.
>>
>>Mathieu Pagé
>
>
>Here is actual comparison, ignoring the 3400+ crap.
>
>A 2.2ghz opteron is significantly more than twice as fast as a single xeon
>2.8ghz, from comparisons I have done many times since I am running on a 2.2ghz
>opteron and have the xeon handy to compare with.
>
>I don't know what the clock speed is for the 3400+ stuff however...

Hi Dr. Hyatt,

This Athlon 64 is clocked at 2.4Ghz.

However it's an "Athlon 64". Is not the Opteron a different CPU ?

Thanks for the reply and good luck for the current tournament.

Mathieu Pagé



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