Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 07:18:47 08/23/05
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On August 23, 2005 at 09:56:37, Svein Bjørnar Myrvang wrote: >I've been looking to buy a new PC, and seeing that processor-tests indicate that >processors show different performance depending not only on clock speeds and >type, but also on tasks performed, I'm left with the following question: >Which of the various types of processors from AMD and Intel are best suited for >chess engines? Has anyone done any systematic testing of their performance (with >nunnmark or the like), and if so, are the results posted anywhere? Have a quick look here: http://www.beepworld.de/members39/computerschach2/chessmarks.htm Intel is currently not competitive when it comes to chess. The best price-performance ratio is currently a AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice (Sockel 939) for about 100 $. Very good performance for a reasonable price is AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (about 350 $) which is a dual-core-Processor which means there are two processors in one (well sort of). The true performance of such a processor is only achievable with Dual-capable engines (such as Deep Junior, Deep Shredder and Deep Sjeng for example). regards Joachim
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