Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 01:05:26 08/24/05
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On August 23, 2005 at 17:13:53, Marc Lacrosse wrote: >On August 23, 2005 at 10:18:47, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>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 > > >As far as I am a Fruit-maniac and fruit is still monoprocessor, its performances >are on the par with all the AMD monsters on my Intel Centrino Dothan 755 2.2 >laptop, and i have it running under a tree in my garden :-) > >Marc Marc what are your nps for Fruit 2.1 (official release) for the starting position on your laptop? Joachim
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