Author: David Mitchell
Date: 13:22:55 09/22/05
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On September 22, 2005 at 14:15:48, William Sorin wrote: >Hi > > Today I went down to PC-Club and was able to spend 330.00 bucks for a Athlon >Dual core 3800. My primary interest in a new processor is for chess, To my >surprise the clerk actually discouraged me from buying this processor. He told >me that i would be wasting my money and that a regular athlon64 3500 would be a >cheaper and better buy. Unless i was running multiple applications the clerk >told me i would not see a significant speed up over the regular athlon64. Now >I'm not rich and I am hoping to be able to overclock the dual core 3800 to 4400 >speeds. Can someone tell me if I'm making the right decision to go for the dual >core 3800. Like I said my main interest is a monster machine for chess!! For most applications, the clerks advice is good. But not for running single CPU engine vs. engine tournaments, and certainly not for running SMP "Deep" chess programs. The clerk just isn't a CC fan. :) You may not have much luck with overclocking these baby's. A few writers have mentioned that today's CPU's are built with closer tolerances than they were years' ago, and the large and safe overclocking of years ago will not likely return. Do you know someone who has o/c'ed a 3800 dual to 4400? For CPU intensive chess matches, I would be very inclined to run the system sans afterburners. I hate the occassional foul up I've received from an overheated/overclocked system. Good luck, Dave
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